Azure Table Storage

Azure Table Storage is a scalable key-value store held in the cloud.

  • Items are Rows
  • Fields are Columns
  • No relationships
  • No stored procedures
  • Denormalized data
  • Grouping related rows based on partition key

Advantages of Azure Table Storage

  • Simpler to scale
  • Semi-structured data
  • No complex relationships
  • Fast row insertion
  • Faster data retrieval
  • High-availability in a single region

Use Cases of Azure Table Storage

  • Support large volumes of data (100s of TBs)
  • Fast access to denormalized data
  • Event logging
  • Performance monitoring data

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