title: Limits on File Count for Azure Blob Storage
body: <p>Currently, I have a large set of text files which contain (historical) raw data from various sensors.  New files are received and processed every day.  I'd like to move this off of an on-premises solution to the cloud.  </p>
  
  <p>Would Azure's Blob storage be an appropriate mechanism for this volume of small(ish) private files? or is there another Azure solution that I should be pursuing?</p>
  
  <p>Relevent Data (no pun intended) &amp; Requirements-</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>The data set contains a millions files of mostly small files, for a total of near 400gb.  The average file size is around 50kb, but some files could exceed 40mb.</p></li>
  <li><p>I need to maintain the existing data set for posterity's sake.  </p></li>
  <li>New files would be uploaded daily, and then processed once.  Processing would be handled by Background Workers reading files off a queue.  </li>
  <li>Certain files would be downloaded / reviewed / reprocessed after the initial processing.</li>
  </ul>