Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 is a highly scalable and cost-effective data lake solution for big data analytics. It combines the power of a high-performance file system with massive scale and economy to help you speed your time to insight. Data Lake Storage Gen2 extends Azure Blob Storage capabilities and is optimized for analytics workloads. Data Lake Storage Gen2 is the most comprehensive data lake available.
Massive scalability
Near limitless storage for analytics data
Cloud object store pricing
Same low-cost data storage model as Azure Blob Storage
Fewer file and folder transactions
Atomic transactions for fewer compute cycles and faster job execution
Granular file and folder security
POSIX-compliant, fine-grained access control lists (ACLs)
Simplified ingestion in a single store
Consolidated data storage using the Data Lake Storage Gen2 or Blob Storage REST API
Full Azure Blob Storage feature set
Data lifecycle policy management; hot, cool, and archive tiers; and high availability/disaster recovery support
Role-based access and storage account firewalls
Multi-layer security to govern data access so only users from authorized IPs can perform analytics
Common data model (CDM) support
Ability to exchange data with powerful applications like Microsoft Dynamics 365 (for CRM) and Power BI