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The following considerations apply to the different access tiers:
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- Only the hot and cool access tiers can be set at the account level. The archive access tier isn't available at the account level.
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- Hot, cool, and archive tiers can be set at the blob level.
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- Hot, cool, and archive tiers can be set at the blob level during upload or after upload.
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- Data in the cool access tier can tolerate slightly lower availability, but still requires high durability, retrieval latency, and throughput characteristics similar to hot data. For cool data, a slightly lower availability service-level agreement (SLA) and higher access costs compared to hot data are acceptable trade-offs for lower storage costs.
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- Archive storage stores data offline and offers the lowest storage costs but also the highest data rehydrate and access costs.
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## Blob-level tiering
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Blob-level tiering allows you to change the tier of your data at the object level using a single operation called [Set Blob Tier](/rest/api/storageservices/set-blob-tier). You can easily change the access tier of a blob among the hot, cool, or archive tiers as usage patterns change, without having to move data between accounts. All tier change requests happen immediately and tier changes between hot and cool are instantaneous. However, rehydrating a blob from archive can take several hours.
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Blob-level tiering allows you to upload data to the access tier of your choice using the [Put Blob](/rest/api/storageservices/put-blob) or [Put Block List](/rest/api/storageservices/put-block-list) operations and change the tier of your data at the object level using the [Set Blob Tier](/rest/api/storageservices/set-blob-tier) operation or [Lifecycle management](#blob-lifecycle-management) feature. You can upload data to your required access tier then easily change the blob access tier among the hot, cool, or archive tiers as usage patterns change, without having to move data between accounts. All tier change requests happen immediately and tier changes between hot and cool are instantaneous. However, rehydrating a blob from archive can take several hours.
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The time of the last blob tier change is exposed via the **Access Tier Change Time** blob property. When overwriting a blob in the hot or cool tier, the newly created blob inherits the tier of the blob that was overwritten unless the new blob access tier is explicitly set on creation. If a blob is in the archive tier, it can't be overwritten, so uploading the same blob isn't permitted in this scenario.
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### Blob-level tiering billing
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When a blob is uploaded or moved to the hot, cool, or archive tier, it is charged at the corresponding rate immediately upon tier change.
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When a blob is moved to a cooler tier (hot->cool, hot->archive, or cool->archive), the operation is billed as a write operation to the destination tier, where the write operation (per 10,000) and data write (per GB) charges of the destination tier apply.
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When a blob is moved to a warmer tier (archive->cool, archive->hot, or cool->hot), the operation is billed as a read from the source tier, where the read operation (per 10,000) and data retrieval (per GB) charges of the source tier apply. Early deletion charges for any blob moved out of the cool or archive tier may apply as well. The following table summarizes how tier changes are billed.
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When a blob is moved to a warmer tier (archive->cool, archive->hot, or cool->hot), the operation is billed as a read from the source tier, where the read operation (per 10,000) and data retrieval (per GB) charges of the source tier apply. Early deletion charges for any blob moved out of the cool or archive tier may apply as well. [Rehydrating data from archive](storage-blob-rehydration.md) takes time and data will be charged archive prices until the data is restored online and blob tier changes to hot or cool. The following table summarizes how tier changes are billed:
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| | **Write Charges (Operation + Access)** | **Read Charges (Operation + Access)**
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