how azure data lake client different from azure blob client

Question

I've encountered a situation were my code using the Azure data lake client has been replaced with a code using Azure blob client.

Are the any specific reasons to use one or the other? how are those 2 different from one another?

Answer 1

Are the any specific reasons to use one or the other? how are those 2 different from one another?

Even though Data Lake Storage is built on top of Azure Blob Storage, there are certain features which are specific to Data Lake Storage only (eg concept of File Systems, granular ACLs etc.).

If you are working with the features only available in Data Lake Storage, you would need to use the SDK targeting Data Lake Storage (eg Azure.Storage.Files.DataLake ). For the blob storage related features available in your Data Lake Storage, you can use the SDK targeting Blob Storage (eg Azure.Storage.Blobs ).