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Re:Azure Cosmos DB, a globally distributed database by aravindkr1 on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @04:23PM (#14311311)
The latency SLAs are within the same Azure region. You can distribute your data across any of the 30+ regions that Azure is available in. Your apps always read from the local/closest region with the homing APIs.
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Re:Azure Cosmos DB, a globally distributed database by xapata on Thursday May 11, 2017 @09:59AM (#14316023)
That didn't answer the question: will all regions be always consistent?
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Re:Azure Cosmos DB, a globally distributed database by GovindMS on Thursday May 11, 2017 @10:44AM (#14316368)
We would invite you to explore the consistency levels available in Cosmos DB. As a developer you can choose what makes most sense in distributed scenario. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/documentdb/documentdb... Eventual is one end of the consistency. But then consistent prefix, session (if you can control) and bounded staleness all can play a role.
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Re:Azure Cosmos DB, a globally distributed database by xapata on Thursday May 11, 2017 @01:54PM (#14318076)
Tunable consistency. Very cool.
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