Blob Storage seem a little slow over the last few days?

Question

I have monitoring software front end and backend and both are showing slower than normal activity.  Same occurred leading up to mass outage.
Azure storage is showing higher than normal latency for storage requests.  Anyone else noticing this.
I'm also noticing it on some queries that I do which I know run in seconds and are taking longer than normal and yes nothing else is making them run slow.
Exact same thing occurred running up to the mass outage.  Are Azure updating or heading towards another outage?
Damian

Answer 1

Hello DamoLucid,
1. Which region do you have your storage (blobs) deployed in?
As far as the dashboard information goes, there is no degradation or interruption in the storage services. You can refer to this link that will give you information on it:
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/#current
Since you are facing a performance degradation, I suggest that you enable monitoring onto your storage account and let us know the results.
You can refer to this link that will give you information on 'How To Monitor a Storage Account':
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-monitor-storage-account/
You can also refer to this link that will give you information on 'Microsoft Azure Storage Performance and Scalability Checklist':
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-performance-checklist/
Thanks,
Syed Irfan Hussain