If data is stored as Windows Data Storage Blob (WASB), it persists in the cloud and can be accessed after an HDP cluster has been de-provisioned.

WASB is an extension of the Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS) APIs and allows multiple HDP clusters on Azure access to a central store.

The HDP Standard offering enables you to configure WASB after deployment.

	Note
	WASB is not supported with WebHDFS. Ambari relies heavily on WebHDFS to access the filesystem. Because of this, WASB does not support Ambari Views.

For additional information regarding WASB, refer to: