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BlobFuse2 enhancements from BlobFuse v1

BlobFuse2 has more feature support and improved performance in multiple user scenarios from BlobFuse v1. For the extensive list of improvements, see the BlobFuse2 README. Here's a summary of enhancements in BlobFuse2 from BlobFuse v1:

• Improved caching
• More management support through new Azure CLI commands
• More logging support
• The addition of write-streaming for large files (previously, only read-streaming was supported)
• New BlobFuse2 Health Monitor to help you gain insights into mount activities and resource usage
• Compatibility and upgrade options for existing BlobFuse v1 users
• Version checking and upgrade prompting
• Support for configuration file encryption

Blobfuse2 performance compared to blobfuse(v1.x.x)

'git clone' operation is 25% faster (tested with vscode repo cloning) ResNet50 image classification job is 7-8% faster (tested with 1.3 million images) Regular file uploads are 10% faster Verified listing of 1-Billion files in a directory (which v1.x does not support)

For BlobFuse v1 users

The enhancements provided by BlobFuse2 are compelling reasons to upgrade and migrate to BlobFuse2. If you aren't ready to migrate, you can use BlobFuse2 to mount a blob container by using the same configuration options and Azure CLI parameters you use with BlobFuse v1.

The BlobFuse2 migration guide provides all the details you need for compatibility and migrating your current workloads.