Azure Cosmos DB: Microsoft's Cloud-Born Globally Distributed Database

Re:Azure Cosmos DB: Microsoft's Cloud-Born Globally Distribu... by ZeroCool2u on Sunday April 14, 2019 @01:38PM (#19660612)

Based on the feedback here, it's hard to imagine anyone choosing Cosmos DB over Spanner or just CockroachDB. I'm not familiar with the AWS equivalent, but it seems like Azure isn't exactly setting the bar high.

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Re:Azure Cosmos DB: Microsoft's Cloud-Born Globally Distribu... by manigandham on Sunday April 14, 2019 @06:38PM (#19662108)

Spanner and CockroachDB are distributed relational databases.

CosmosDB is a JSON-based document store. It offers interfaces that emulate the ability to use SQL/Cassandra SQL/Azure Table/Gremlin graphs but this doesn't necessarily add functionality like relational joins.

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Re:Azure Cosmos DB: Microsoft's Cloud-Born Globally Distribu... by jjirsa on Monday April 15, 2019 @12:44AM (#19663165)

Really? You can’t figure out why someone might use a Microsoft hosted db over one at google or one they’d have to run themselves?

Azure’s growth rate is amazing. There’s a ton of adoption there that doesn’t have access to spanner, or maybe has a document based data model, where spanner / cockroach doesn’t make any sense

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Re:Azure Cosmos DB: Microsoft's Cloud-Born Globally Distribu... by onedataguy on Monday April 15, 2019 @02:18PM (#19667489)

Comments here are rather negative yet service is growing very rapidly so there is a disconnect. I would encourage you to try service and develop own perspective.

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