# Azure Storage Account optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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2 documented Azure Storage Account cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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2 documented Azure Storage Account cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 2 inefficiencies

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- Azure Storage Account  CER-0149

### [SFTP Feature Enabled on Azure Storage Account Without Usage](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/sftp-feature-enabled-on-azure-storage-account-without-usage)

Azure users may enable the SFTP feature on Storage Accounts during migration tests, integration scenarios, or experimentation. However, if left enabled after initial use, the feature continues to generate flat hourly charges - even when no...

Storage

- Azure Storage Account  CER-0430

### [Unnecessary Geo-Redundant Replication on Storage Accounts](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/unnecessary-geo-redundant-replication-on-storage-accounts)

Every Azure storage account has a redundancy setting that determines how many copies of the data are kept and where. Geo-redundant options (GRS, RA-GRS, GZRS and RA-GZRS) replicate the account to a secondary region, so capacity is priced...

Storage

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