Requirement
In this post, we are going to create a data lake storage in Azure. This will be a Gen2 data lake storage. We can manage massive amount of data with very cost effective as it is built on top of the low-cost Azure Blob Storage. Let’s get start with the steps to create the storage account.
Solution
Step 1: Login to Azure Portal
Login to the portal: portal.azure.com
Step 2: Search for Storage Account
Search storage in the search box and select it. Once you select, you will get an option + ADD, click on that, a new page will open.
Step 3: Create Azure Gen2 Data Lake
Section I: Basic
Section II: Networking
Section III: Data Protection
Section IV: Advanced
Section V: Tags
Section VI: Review + Create
Once it get reviewed and submit create action, you will see the below deployment.
Now, the ADLS Gen2 data lake has been created. You can walkthrough the resource by clicking on Go to resource.
In the overview, you will see the above options: Containers, File shares, Tables, Queues. You can explore more about each of this by clicking on Learn more option.
Wrapping Up
In this post, we have seen how to create Azure Data Lake Gen2 Storage. It is a kind of must have resource in Azure as it is storage resource. You can manage massive amount of data here and processing these data by using multiple available tools and services.