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    Azure Database Services

    Rumman Ansari July 10, 2024 398 views
    Azure Database Services

    Azure provides many Database services to cater to the wide range of needs of enterprises. Few them are:

    • Relational Database Services - Azure provides SQL, MySQL, and PostgreSQL services as PaaS, making it easier to move existing workloads to Azure.

    • SQL Data Warehouse - SQL based fully managed elastic data warehouse that can scale up and down as per demand.

    • 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:

    • Unlimited storage and variety of data formats.

    • Can store data in native format without the need for any transformation.

    • Built for workloads requiring massive read throughput and analysis of large amounts of data.

    • 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.

    • Offers turnkey distribution by enabling seamless scaling based on user demand in any region or geography.

    • Support various new data types, making it flexible to work as a graph database or key-value database.

    • Experience Low latency, owing to read and write from the nearest region.

     

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