Azure Storage Account is a group of highly scalable cloud-based storage services available for applications running in Azure cloud. Azure Storage Account provides facilities for storing files (File storage), files and media (Blob storage), messages (Queue storage) and non-relational schema-less data (Table storage).
This help document enables you to understand how to get started with Azure Storage Account monitoring and to keep a close watch on the numerous Azure Storage Account performance metric using Applications Manager's Azure Storage Account monitoring tool.
To learn how to create a new Microsoft Azure Storage Account Monitor, click here.
Navigate to the Category View by clicking the Monitors tab. Hover over 'Child Monitors' under Microsoft Azure in the Cloud Apps table, and then select the Storage Accounts monitor from the displayed tooltip. This action will display the bulk configuration view for Azure Storage Account in three tabs:
Azure monitoring tools like Applications Manager's Microsoft Azure monitor provides a brief detail of the Azure Storage Account under the given subscription. Following are the list of metrics monitored in Azure Storage Account Monitoring in their corresponding tabs:
Note: Data shown for all the metrics in Azure Storage Account monitor is collected via Azure REST APIs (Azure Service APIs and Azure Monitor API)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Storage Services Availability | |
| Blob Availability | The percentage of availability for the Blob storage service. Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequest value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Table Availability | The percentage of availability for the Table storage service.Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Queue Availability | The percentage of availability for the Queue storage service . Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. |
| File Availability | The percentage of availability for the File storage service .Availability is calculated by taking the TotalBillableRequests value and dividing it by the number of applicable requests, including those that produced unexpected errors. All unexpected errors result in reduced availability for the storage service or the specified API operation. |
| CONFIGURATION | |
| Storage Account Name | The name of the Azure Storage Account. |
| Primary Status | Status of Storage Account. Possible Values: Available/Unavailable. |
| Secondary Status | Status of the Replica of Storage Account. Possible Values: Available/Unavailable. This attribute is available only if the Replication Type is Standard_RAGRS or Standard_GRS. |
| Resource Group | Resource Group where the Storage Account is allocated in. |
| Location | Region where the storage account is provisioned |
| Provisioning State | Provisioning state of Storage Account. Possible values :
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| Replication Type | The replication type used by the Storage account. Possible values:
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| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Capacity | |
| Blobs User Data Size | The amount of storage used by the storage account’s Blob service (in GB). |
| Container Count | The number of blob containers in the storage account’s Blob service. |
| Blob Object Count | The number of blob containers in the storage account’s Blob service. |
| Throughput | |
| Blobs Total Ingress | The amount of ingress data (in MB). This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage Account as well as ingress within Azure. |
| Blobs Total Egress | The amount of egress data (in MB). This number includes egress to an external client from Azure Storage Account as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress. |
| Blobs Total Requests | The number of requests made to Blobs storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. |
| Blobs Total Billable Requests | The number of billable requests to Blobs |
| Latency | |
| Blobs Average End-To-End Latency | The average end-to-end latency of successful requests made to Blobs or the specified API operation (in ms). This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage Account to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response. |
| Blobs Average Server Latency | The average latency used by Azure Storage Account to process a successful request (in ms). This value does not include the network latency specified in AverageE2ELatency. |
| Requests Failed- Throttling Errors | |
| Blobs Throttling Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ThrottlingError. |
| Blobs Anonymous Throttling Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousThrottlingError. |
| Blobs SAS Throttling Errors | The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASThrottlingError. |
| Blobs Throttling Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a throttling error. |
| Requests Failed – Timeout Errors | |
| Blobs Client Timeout Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientTimeoutError. |
| Blobs Anonymous Client Timeout Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientTimeoutError. |
| Blobs SAS Client Timeout Errors | The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientTimeoutError. |
| Blobs Server Timeout Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerTimeoutError. |
| Blobs Anonymous Server Timeout Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerTimeoutError. |
| Blobs SAS Server Timeout Errors | The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerTimeoutError. |
| Blobs Percent Timeout Errors | The percentage of requests that failed with a timeout error. This number includes both client and server timeouts. |
| Requests Failed – Other Client Errors | |
| Blobs Client Other Errors | The number of authenticated requests to a storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientOtherError. |
| Blobs SAS Client Other Errors | The number of SAS requests to a storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientOtherError. |
| Blobs Anonymous Client Other Errors | The number of anonymous requests to a storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientOtherError. |
| Blobs Client Other Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a ClientOtherError. |
| Requests Failed – Other Server Errors | |
| Blobs Server Other Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerOtherError. |
| Blobs Anonymous Server Other Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerOtherError. |
| Blobs SAS Server Other Errors | The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerOtherError. |
| Blobs Server Other Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a ServerOtherError. |
| Requests Failed – Authorization Errors | |
| Blobs Authorization Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AuthorizationError. |
| Blobs Anonymous Authorization Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousAuthorizationError. |
| Blobs SAS Authorization Errors | The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASAuthorizationError. |
| Blobs Authorization Errors Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with an AuthorizationError. |
| Requests Failed – Network Errors | |
| Blobs Network Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a NetworkError. |
| Blobs Anonymous Network Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousNetworkError . |
| Blobs SAS Network Errors | The number of SAS requests to Blob storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASNetworkError. |
| Blobs Network Errors Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a NetworkError. |
| Successful Requests | |
| Successful Requests to Blobs | The number of successful requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Blobs Anonymous Successful Requests | The number of successful anonymous requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Blobs SAS Successful Requests | The number of successful Shared Access Signature (SAS) requests made to a storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Blobs Successful Requests Percentage | The percentage of successful requests. Note: If there are no requests made against the storage, the value of the PercentSuccess metric will be zero. If you are monitoring PercentSuccess, you will also need to ensure that the value of the TotalRequests metric is greater than zero. |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Capacity | |
| Table User Data Size (GB) | The amount of storage used by the storage account’s Table service (in GB). |
| Table Count | Total number of tables present in the storage account's Table service. |
| Table Entity Count | The total number of table entities in the storage account's Table service. |
| Throughput | |
| Tables Total Ingress | The amount of ingress data (in MB). This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage Account as well as ingress within Azure. |
| Tables Total Egress | The amount of egress data (in MB). This number includes egress to an external client from Azure Storage Account as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress. |
| Tables Total Requests | The number of requests made to Table storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. |
| Tables Total Billable Requests | The number of billable requests to Tables |
| Latency | |
| Tables Average End-To-End Latency | The average end-to-end latency of successful requests made to Tables or the specified API operation (in ms). This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage Account to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response. |
| Tables Average Server Latency | The average latency used by Azure Storage Account to process a successful request (in ms). This value does not include the network latency specified in AverageE2ELatency. |
| Requests Failed- Throttling Errors | |
| Tables Throttling Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ThrottlingError. |
| Tables Anonymous Throttling Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousThrottlingError. |
| Tables SAS Throttling Errors | The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASThrottlingError. |
| Tables Throttling Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a throttling error. |
| Requests Failed – Timeout Errors | |
| Tables Client Timeout Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientTimeoutError. |
| Tables Anonymous Client Timeout Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientTimeoutError. |
| Tables SAS Client Timeout Errors | The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientTimeoutError. |
| Tables Server Timeout Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerTimeoutError. |
| Tables Anonymous Server Timeout Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerTimeoutError. |
| Tables SAS Server Timeout Errors | The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerTimeoutError. |
| Tables Percent Timeout Errors | The percentage of requests that failed with a timeout error. This number includes both client and server timeouts. |
| Requests Failed – Other Client Errors | |
| Tables Client Other Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientOtherError. |
| Tables SAS Client Other Errors | The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientOtherError. |
| Tables Anonymous Client Other Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientOtherError. |
| Tables Client Other Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a ClientOtherError. |
| Requests Failed – Other Server Errors | |
| Tables Server Other Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerOtherError. |
| Tables Anonymous Server Other Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerOtherError. |
| Tables SAS Server Other Errors | The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerOtherError. |
| Tables Server Other Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a ServerOtherError. |
| Requests Failed – Authorization Errors | |
| Tables Authorization Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AuthorizationError. |
| Tables Anonymous Authorization Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousAuthorizationError. |
| Tables SAS Authorization Errors | The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASAuthorizationError. |
| Tables Authorization Errors Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with an AuthorizationError. |
| Requests Failed – Network Errors | |
| Tables Network Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a NetworkError. |
| Tables Anonymous Network Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousNetworkError . |
| Tables SAS Network Errors | The number of SAS requests to Table storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASNetworkError. |
| Tables Network Errors Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a NetworkError. |
| Successful Requests | |
| Tables Requests to Blobs | The number of successful requests made to Table storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Tables Anonymous Successful Requests | The number of successful anonymous requests made to Table storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Tables SAS Successful Requests | The number of successful Shared Access Signature (SAS) requests made to Table storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Tables Successful Requests Percentage | The percentage of successful requests. Note that if there are no requests made against storage, the value of the PercentSuccess metric will be zero. If you are monitoring PercentSuccess, you will also want to ensure that the value of the TotalRequests metric is greater than zero. |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Capacity | |
| File User Data Size (GB) | The average amount of storage used by the storage account’s File service (in GB). |
| File Count | The total number of files present in the storage account's File service. |
| File Share Count | The total number of file shares present in the storage account's File service. |
| File Share Quota (GB) | The total amount of storage that can be used by File service (in GB). |
| File Share Snapshot Count | The total number of snapshots present on the share in storage account's File service. |
| File Share Snapshot Size (GB) | The total amount of storage used by the snapshots in storage account's File service (in GB). |
| File Share Utilization | |
| File Share Utilization | The percentage of storage used by the storage account's File service (in %). |
| Throughput | |
| Files Total Ingress | The amount of ingress data (in MB). This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage Account as well as ingress within Azure. |
| Files Total Egress | The amount of egress data (in MB). This number includes egress to an external client from Azure Storage Account as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress. |
| Files Total Requests | The number of requests made to File storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. |
| Files Total Billable Requests | The number of billable requests to Files |
| Latency | |
| Files Average End-To-End Latency | The average end-to-end latency of successful requests made to File Storage Service or the specified API operation (in ms). This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage Account to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response. |
| Files Average Server Latency | The average latency used by Azure Storage Account to process a successful request (in ms). This value does not include the network latency specified in AverageE2ELatency. |
| Requests Failed- Throttling Errors | |
| Files Throttling Errors | The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ThrottlingError. |
| Files Anonymous Throttling Errors | The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousThrottlingError. |
| Files SAS Throttling Errors | The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASThrottlingError. |
| Files Throttling Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a throttling error. |
| Requests Failed – Timeout Errors | |
| Files Client Timeout Errors | The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientTimeoutError. |
| Files Anonymous Client Timeout Errors | The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientTimeoutError. |
| Files SAS Client Timeout Errors | The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientTimeoutError. |
| Files Server Timeout Errors | The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerTimeoutError. |
| Files Anonymous Server Timeout Errors | The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerTimeoutError. |
| Files SAS Server Timeout Errors | The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerTimeoutError. |
| Files Percent Timeout Errors | The percentage of requests that failed with a timeout error. This number includes both client and server timeouts. |
| Requests Failed – Other Client Errors | |
| Files Client Other Errors | The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientOtherError. |
| Files SAS Client Other Errors | The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientOtherError. |
| Files Anonymous Client Other Errors | The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientOtherError. |
| Files Client Other Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a ClientOtherError. |
| Requests Failed – Other Server Errors | |
| Files Server Other Errors | The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerOtherError. |
| Files Anonymous Server Other Errors | The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerOtherError. |
| Files SAS Server Other Errors | The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerOtherError. |
| Files Server Other Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a ServerOtherError. |
| Requests Failed – Authorization Errors | |
| Files Authorization Errors | The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AuthorizationError. |
| Files Anonymous Authorization Errors | The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousAuthorizationError. |
| Files SAS Authorization Errors | The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASAuthorizationError. |
| Files Authorization Errors Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with an AuthorizationError. |
| Requests Failed – Network Errors | |
| Files Network Errors | The number of authenticated requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a NetworkError. |
| Files Anonymous Network Errors | The number of anonymous requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousNetworkError . |
| Files SAS Network Errors | The number of SAS requests to File storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASNetworkError. |
| Files Network Errors Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a NetworkError. |
| Successful Requests | |
| Files Requests to Blobs | The number of successful requests made to File storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Files Anonymous Successful Requests | The number of successful anonymous requests made to File storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Files SAS Successful Requests | The number of successful Shared Access Signature (SAS) requests made to File storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Files Successful Requests Percentage | The percentage of successful requests. Note that if there are no requests made against storage, the value of the PercentSuccess metric will be zero. If you are monitoring PercentSuccess, you will also want to ensure that the value of the TotalRequests metric is greater than zero. |
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Capacity | |
| Queue User Data Size (GB) | The average amount of storage used by the storage account’s Queue service (in GB). |
| Queue Count | The total number of queue in the storage account's Queue service. |
| Queue Message Count | The approximate number of queue messages in the storage account's Queue service. |
| Throughput | |
| Queues Total Ingress | The amount of ingress data (in MB). This number includes ingress from an external client into Azure Storage Account as well as ingress within Azure. |
| Queues Total Egress | The amount of egress data (in MB). This number includes egress to an external client from Azure Storage Account as well as egress within Azure. As a result, this number does not reflect billable egress. |
| Queues Total Requests | The number of requests made to Queue storage service or the specified API operation. This number includes successful and failed requests, as well as requests which produced errors. |
| Queues Total Billable Requests | The number of billable requests to Queues |
| Latency | |
| Queues Average End-To-End Latency | The average end-to-end latency of successful requests made to Queue or the specified API operation (in ms). This value includes the required processing time within Azure Storage Account to read the request, send the response, and receive acknowledgment of the response. |
| Queues Average Server Latency | The average latency used by Azure Storage Account to process a successful request (in ms). This value does not include the network latency specified in AverageE2ELatency. |
| Requests Failed- Throttling Errors | |
| Queues Throttling Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ThrottlingError. |
| Queues Anonymous Throttling Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousThrottlingError. |
| Queues SAS Throttling Errors | The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASThrottlingError. |
| Queues Throttling Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a throttling error. |
| Requests Failed – Timeout Errors | |
| Queues Client Timeout Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientTimeoutError. |
| Queues Anonymous Client Timeout Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientTimeoutError. |
| Queues SAS Client Timeout Errors | The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientTimeoutError. |
| Queues Server Timeout Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerTimeoutError. |
| Queues Anonymous Server Timeout Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerTimeoutError. |
| Queues SAS Server Timeout Errors | The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerTimeoutError. |
| Queues Percent Timeout Errors | The percentage of requests that failed with a timeout error. This number includes both client and server timeouts. |
| Requests Failed – Other Client Errors | |
| Queues Client Other Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ClientOtherError. |
| Queues SAS Client Other Errors | The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASClientOtherError. |
| Queues Anonymous Client Other Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousClientOtherError. |
| Queues Client Other Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a ClientOtherError. |
| Requests Failed – Other Server Errors | |
| Queues Server Other Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a ServerOtherError. |
| Queues Anonymous Server Other Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousServerOtherError. |
| Queues SAS Server Other Errors | The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASServerOtherError. |
| Queues Server Other Error Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a ServerOtherError. |
| Requests Failed – Authorization Errors | |
| Queues Authorization Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AuthorizationError. |
| Queues Anonymous Authorization Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousAuthorizationError. |
| Queues SAS Authorization Errors | The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an SASAuthorizationError. |
| Queues Authorization Errors Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with an AuthorizationError. |
| Requests Failed – Network Errors | |
| Queues Network Errors | The number of authenticated requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a NetworkError. |
| Queues Anonymous Network Errors | The number of anonymous requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned an AnonymousNetworkError . |
| Queues SAS Network Errors | The number of SAS requests to Queue storage service or the specified API operation that returned a SASNetworkError. |
| Queues Network Errors Percentage | The percentage of requests that failed with a NetworkError. |
| Successful Requests | |
| Queues Requests to Blobs | The number of successful requests made to Queue storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Queues Anonymous Successful Requests | The number of successful anonymous requests made to Queue storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Queues SAS Successful Requests | The number of successful Shared Access Signature (SAS) requests made to Queue storage service or the specified API operation. |
| Queues Successful Requests Percentage | The percentage of successful requests. Note that if there are no requests made against storage, the value of the PercentSuccess metric will be zero. If you are monitoring PercentSuccess, you will also want to ensure that the value of the TotalRequests metric is greater than zero. |
