How to performance tune windows azure blob access

Question

I am using windows azure blob storage. My problem is that the blob access is taking long time. The code which i am using to access the blob is as follows :

        public void GetBlob()  // blob access
        {
            Container = BlobClient.GetContainerReference(ContainerName);

            Blob = Container.GetBlobReference(BlobName);
            try
            {
                Blob.FetchAttributes();
            }
            catch (StorageClientException)
            { Blob = null; } // blob not present
        }

Please suggest if there is any scope for improvement in the code for faster performance ?

Answer 1

The code is fine and shouldn't be slow.

Where is this code running ? if it's in a web/worker role, make sure it's running from the same data-center as the blob storage : west-europe, north-america, ...