Azure Database Services
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Azure Database Services
Azure provides many Database services to cater to the wide range of needs of enterprises. Few them are:
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Relational Database Services - Azure provides SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL services as PaaS, making it easier to move existing workloads to Azure.
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SQL Data Warehouse - SQL based fully managed elastic data warehouse that can scale up and down as per demand.
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Azure Redis Cache - SAAS offering of Redis Cache that provides secure, dedicated cache for applications requiring low latency.
Data Lake Store
Azure Data Lake Store is known as a Highly Scalable Apache Hadoop file system that can be used for enterprise-wide big data analytics workloads.
Key Features:
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Unlimited storage and variety of data formats.
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Can store data in native format without the need for any transformation.
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Built for workloads requiring massive read throughput and analysis of large amounts of data.
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Can be accessed from Hadoop using the WebHDFS-compatible REST APIs.
Azure Cosmos DB
Microsoft has developed Azure Cosmos DB to support global distribution and horizontal scale. It extends the idea of a index-free database system.
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Offers turnkey distribution by enabling seamless scaling based on user demand in any region or geography.
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Support various new data types, making it flexible to work as a graph database or key-value database.
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Experience Low latency, owing to read and write from the nearest region.
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