☁️ Microsoft Azure
Azure Blob Cool Tier Price Cut — $0.010/GB Down From $0.013/GB
Azure reduced Blob Storage Cool tier to $0.010/GB/month from $0.013/GB — a 23% reduction. Archive tier unchanged at $0.00099/GB. Hot tier unchanged at $0.018/GB.
TCOIQ: Cool tier is now more attractive vs Hot for data accessed less than once per month. Lifecycle policy recommendation: Hot for active data, Cool for 30-90 day inactive, Archive for 90+ day inactive. This cut improves the Cool vs IA economics making tiering policies more valuable.
💰 TCOIQ Cost Impact
Cool tier 23% cheaper — 100TB at Cool = $1,000 vs $1,300 before. Reconfigure lifecycle policies to use Cool more aggressively
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