What type of storage account is necessary to support FSLogix profile containers with high performance and low latency?

File shares are the appropriate type of storage account necessary to support FSLogix profile containers with high performance and low latency. FSLogix uses profile containers to efficiently manage user profiles in a virtual desktop environment, particularly within Azure Virtual Desktop setups.

Using file shares allows for multiple simultaneous read and write operations, which is essential when users are actively using their virtual desktops. This kind of storage is optimized for heavy workloads and enables fast access to user profile data, thereby ensuring that profiles load quickly and smoothly.

While other storage types, such as block blobs, general-purpose v2, and page blobs, serve their own purposes in the Azure ecosystem, they do not provide the same level of performance and accessibility for profile containers as file shares do. Block blobs are typically used for storing unstructured data like documents, while page blobs are optimized for virtual hard disks. General-purpose v2 accounts can encompass multiple types of storage but are not specifically tailored to the use case of FSLogix profiles, making file shares the most suitable option in this context.