Make tools for storage accessible from Azure apps and any Internet connected app
In Windows Azure Data Storage, author Bruce Johnson gives you all the tools you need to provide storage that is accessible both from Windows Azure applications and any application connected to the Internet. The book starts with an overview of the fundamental concepts, and then quickly dives in to configuring, scenario mapping, security, backup, recovery, and maintenance of the various data storage options.
Contents include:
- Data Storage Options
- Local Storage
- Blob Storage
- Queue Storage
- Windows Azure Service Bus
- Table Storage
- Windows Azure SQL Database
- Migrating Data
- SQL Data Sync
Windows Azure Data Storage is ideal for professionals looking to quickly utilize one of the data storage mechanisms in Azure.
Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION TO THE WINDOWS AZURE BOOK SERIES xi INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWS AZURE DATA STORAGE xiii
CHAPTER 1: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS 1
Business Scenarios for Storage 1
NoSQL 2
Big Data 4
Relational Data 6
Backup and Recovery 7
Messaging 9
Setting Up an Azure Data Storage Account 10
Summary 12
CHAPTER 2: TABLE STORAGE 13
Designing Table Storage 13
Defi ning Table Storage 16
Operating on Table Storage 22
Summary 29
CHAPTER 3: BLOB STORAGE 30
Why Blob Storage? 30
Different Types of Blobs 32
Page Blob 32
Block Blobs 33
Working with Blob Storage 33
Creating Blobs 33
Metadata for Your Blobs 38
Updating and Deleting Blobs 40
Summary 43
CHAPTER 4: QUEUE STORAGE 44
Why Use Queues? 44
Decoupling 44
Scalability 46
Extensibility 47
Queue Storage vs. Service Bus 47
Total Queue Size 48
Flexible Leasing 48
Message Modification 49
Logging and Metrics 49
Using Queue Storage 50
Manipulating the Message 54
The Message Lifecycle 58
Idempotency 59
Message Deletion 60
Summary 61
CHAPTER 5: SERVICE BUS 62
The High-Level View 62
Brokered Message 62
Queue Entity 64
Topic Entity 64
Subscription Entity 65
Why Use Service Bus for Queues 66
Greater Flexibility 66
Message Retrieval Mechanism 67
Service Bus in Action 67
The Dead Letter Queue 76
Queues in Service Bus 80
Additional Features 83
Sessions 83
Transactions 85
Duplicate Detection 86
Relay Messaging 87
Summary 87
CHAPTER 6: LOCAL STORAGE 88
Local Storage 88
Web and Worker Roles 88
File Access for Web/Worker Roles 89
Additional Considerations 96
Summary 97
CHAPTER 7: RELATIONAL DATA 98
WASD Architecture 98
Azure SQL Databases vs SQL on Azure Virtual Machines 100
Creating an Azure SQL Database 103
Deploying SQL Server Onto an Azure VM 106
Configuring for Client Access 107
Managing Azure SQL Databases 110
Allowed IP Addresses 110
Using the Azure Management Portal 112
Using SQL Server Management Studio 117
Database Sharding in WASD 119
Creating a Federation 120
Summary 121
CHAPTER 8: DATA BACKUP AND ARCHIVING 122
StorSimple 122
StorSimple Architecture 123
Integration with Azure 125
Data Recovery for SQL Azure 131
Database Copy 131
SQL Database Import Export Service 132
Recommended Strategy 134
Summary 134
CHAPTER 9: SQL DATA SYNC 135
SQL Data Sync 135
Microsoft Synchronization Framework 136
Configuring SQL Data Sync 137
Defining a Sync Group 137
Defining the Sync Rules 143
Defining the Sync Settings 145
Setting Up a Sync Agent 146
Defining a Sync Agent to SQL Data Sync 147
Summary 149
