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CloudDrive Class

Represents a Windows Azure drive.

Namespace: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.StorageClient
Assembly: Microsoft.WindowsAzure.CloudDrive (in Microsoft.WindowsAzure.CloudDrive.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim instance As CloudDrive

Syntax

C++

public ref class CloudDrive

public class CloudDrive

JScript

public class CloudDrive

Remarks

A Windows Azure drive is a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) stored in a page blob in Windows Azure storage. Each drive can be mounted as an NTFS volume in a role instance, and you can access a drive within your role by using standard APIs for accessing NTFS drives. All data written to a Windows Azure drive is immediately stored in persistent storage; your data is written before an application receives notification that the write operation has completed. A role instance can also transparently cache the drive data in local storage.

Note
When defining the connection string for connecting to the storage account, you must use the HTTP protocol. The HTTPS protocol is not supported for creating a drive.