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Naming conventions for containers
Taken Take into account the following naming conventions for your container:
- All letters should be in lowercase.
- The container name should be a valid DNS name.
- Names have to start The container name should start or end with a letter or number and can contain only letters, numbers, and the dash (-) character.
- Every dash (-) character must be immediately preceded and followed by a letter or number. Consecutive dashes are not permitted in container names.
- All letters should be in lowercase.
- Names can be from three to sixty-three characters long.
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your SQL Safe backup files on Microsoft Azure blob storage
Take into account the following blob naming rules:
A blob name can contain any combination of characters.
A blob name must be at least one character long and cannot be more than 1,024 characters long.
Blob names are case-sensitive.
The number of subfolders cannot exceed 254.
Avoid filenames that end with a dot (.), a forward slash (/), or a sequence or combination of the two.
The Microsoft Azure Blob service is based on a flat storage scheme, not a hierarchical scheme. However, SQL Safe allows you to specify subfolders which act as a virtual hierarchy. If you store a large number of blobs in your Azure container then it is recommended to utilize subfolders to improve SQL Safe performance
The maximum size for a blob is 70MB. If a backup file is, for example, 160 MB, multiple blobs will be created using the following naming format:
- <blobname>.safe_<i> where <i> is the blob counter
If the blob name is testdb for example, the three blobs created in the container will have the following names: testdb.safe_1 (70MB), testdb.safe_2(70MB), testdb.safe_3(20MB).