Cache storage for V2A

Author: SharmisthaRai

articles/site-recovery/vmware-physical-azure-support-matrix.md

@@ -367,7 +367,14 @@ Maximum data churn per day supported by a Process Server | 2 TB
 - Site Recovery is capable of handling higher throughput based on overlap ratio, larger write sizes, and actual workload I/O behavior.
 - These numbers assume a typical backlog of approximately five minutes. That is, after data is uploaded, it is processed and a recovery point is created within five minutes.
 
-## Storage account limits
+## Cache Storage account 
+
+This table summarizes support for the cache storage account used by Site Recovery during replication.
+
+**Setting** | **Support** | **Details**
+--- | --- | ---
+General purpose V2 storage accounts | Supported | Site Recovery is transaction-intensive, a general-purpose v1 account may be more cost-effective. 
+Soft delete | Not supported | Soft delete isn't supported because once it is enabled on cache storage account, it increases cost. Azure Site Recovery performs frequent creates/deletes of log files while replicating causing costs to increase. 
 
 As average churn on the disks increases, the number of disks that a storage account can support decreases. The below table may be used as a guide for making decisions on number of storage accounts that need to be provisioned.