I got two data storages in my Windows Azure account. One is for the web application itself, and I created a second one to store files uploaded by the end users.
My question is -is that second data storage actually needed? I created it because every time I deploy my web app, I get the message, “The selected deployment environment is in use, would you like to replace the current deployment?”.
I infer from that message that, if I store uploaded files in the web app data storage, they will be replaced on every deployment.
So I am basically trying to confirm if my interpretation is correct. Thank you.
That’s telling you that the cloud service environment slot (production or staging) already has a service in it. It has NOTHING to do with the storage account. So no, I dn’t elieve you need a second storage account unless you need it specifically for scaling purposes (exceeding the 5k transaction per second limit) or security (controlling access to data).