Azure Table Storage, which I wrote about in my July 2010 Data Points column (msdn.microsoft.com/magazine/ff796231), is an example of a key-value pair NoSQL store. I should first address the definition of NoSQL. It’s become a bit of a ubiquitous and possibly overused term. The term ...
The ability to create containers has existed for decades, but it became widely available in 2008 when Linux® included container functions within its kernel. It became even more essential after the arrival of theDockeropen source containerization platform in 2013. (Docker is so popular that "Doc...
Serverless compute billing is based on usage. For more information, seeServerless compute tier for Azure SQL Database. Storage: You don't need to specify the max data size when configuring a Hyperscale database. In the Hyperscale tier, you're charged for storage for your database based on ...
Alibaba Cloud Object Storage Service (OSS) is a secure, cost-effective, and highly reliable cloud storage service that allows you to store large amounts of data. OSS is designed to provide 99.9999999999% (twelve 9's) data durability and 99.995% data availability. OSS provides multiple storage ...
Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a form ofcloud computingthat delivers on-demandIT infrastructureresources such as servers,virtual machines (VMs), compute,networkand storage to consumers over the internet and on a pay-as-you-go basis. ...
Moreover, with MongoDB, we can build a whole web application by using just one scripting language, JavaScript, and that’s the biggest advantage of all. As mentioned above, MongoDB is an open-source database, i.e., it is free to use. There are many versions of MongoDB: the versions...
3 biggest data storage units: Exabyte (EB) Zettabyte (ZB) Yottabyte (YB) A sound understanding of digital storage units allows a business to anticipate growth and streamline information to ensurehot and cold storage datais being optimally stored. There’s also a cost-effective aspect to understan...
The Azure Internet of Things (IoT) is a collection of Microsoft-managed cloud services, edge components, and SDKs that let you connect, monitor, and control your IoT devices and assets at scale. In simpler terms, an IoT solution is made up of IoT devices or assets that communicate with ...
Storage Optimized tiers (L1 and L2) also have more capacity. L1 and L2 customers must create a new service to benefit from the higher capacity. There's no in-place upgrade at this time. Extra capacity is now available inmore regions: Germany North, Germany West Central, South Afric...
Still, it's less expensive per gigabyte than SLC and, as a result, is the preferred technology in almost all consumer SSDs. Cost has been one of the biggest hurdles of flash memory and, consequently, of solid-state drives. But in recent years, costs have dropped significantly. At the ...