downloading blobs from azure

Question

Hi all,

I have deployed an executable in my worker role which uses as an input the text file stored in azure storage account. But downloading it is so slow.

How can I make this process faster? which type of file will be the best?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,
 Thanks for Posting.

  There is an outage going on with storage services in some regions which is being resolved right now.
  http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/#current

  you may also check the following thread which discusses how to diagnose performance with storage.
  https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/3a785499-001f-4a98-8534-337c859eb8c2/downloading-a-2mb-blob-from-azure-storage-is-incredibly-slow?forum=windowsazuredata

Regards,
Nithin.Rathnakar

    

Answer 2

Nithin,

The size of my file is 140 mb and it takes 120seconds. The spped of my internet connection is 100.0 Mbps.

 Is that normal?

Answer 3

For those who have the same problem as me , I have a great article about this issue http://www.rajinders.com/2012/10/25/slow-upload-speed-to-windows-azure-blob-storage/

This was really helpful for me.

Thanks.