I'm trying to increase the performance tier of storage account from standard to premium and migrate Azure Table Storage Data to premium storage account. Premium storage accounts do not support Table storage account.
So what I can do now and which premium account type I should select?
If you want to use Table Storage, you have two options:
Azure Table Storage
Azure Cosmos DB Table API
In short: using Table Storage is the entry-level table storage. Cosmos DB is the premium version of Azure Table Storage. Although only calling it the premium version doesn't do Cosmos DB justice.
The nice thing is also that the Azure Tables client library can seamlessly target either Azure Table storage or Azure Cosmos DB table service endpoints with no code changes.
This is at least the case for the .NET client, but since the API's are compatible I would assume this to be the case for other libraries, too.
For an overview of the differences between the services, see Introduction to Azure Cosmos DB: Table API - Table offerings
More relevant sources:
The concepts of Azure Table storage also apply to the newer Azure Cosmos DB Table API. The Cosmos DB Table API offers higher performance and availability, global distribution, and automatic secondary indexes.
Source: What is Azure Table Storage
and
Azure Cosmos DB Table API and Azure Table storage share the same table data model and expose the same create, delete, update, and query operations through their SDKs.
Source: Developing with Azure Cosmos DB Table API and Azure Table storage
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Which Azure pipeline and Data Storage you would prefer for a MongoDB migration?
I know there exists the functionality of an Azure Migration Service where you can shift MongoDB data directly to an Azure CosmosDB. Azure Migration Services seems to be available only for specific licenses. Using Cosmos DB it is also necessary to take care of costs.
Another possibility is to use Stitch to shift MongoDB directly into Azure.
Since we don't want to use an additional tool, we want to use Azure Data Factory to shift the MongoDB data into an Azure Data Storage. We want to use the Data Lake Storage Gen2, as it combines the advantages of the Blob Storage and the Data Lake Storage Gen1.
Which pipeline you would prefer? Any experiences with storing the MongoDB data in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2?
Please see the following Azure Data Factory document pertaining to Pipelines and Activities, which details the source and target data endpoints that are currently supported.
Copy data to or from Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1 using Azure Data Factory
Copy and transform data in Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 using Azure Data Factory
Copy data from MongoDB using Azure Data Factory
Using the MongoDB connector as a source and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 as a sink, you can then perform any transformation and finally, migrate the data to Azure Cosmos DB...if desired.
Copy and transform data in Azure Cosmos DB (SQL API) by using Azure Data Factory
Copy data to or from Azure Cosmos DB's API for MongoDB by using Azure Data Factory
If you experience any issues with the migration of data to Azure Cosmos DB, if that is the goal of the migration, then consider the following direct migration paths: Options to migrate your on-premises or cloud data to Azure Cosmos DB
Are there any tools from Azure or elsewhere to reliably transfer my azure table storage[not azure cosmos db table] over to the cosmos db (table)?
Azure Cosmos DB Data Migration Tool
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/documentdb-data-migration-tool-imports-from-azure-table-storage/
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cosmos-db/import-data
You could also implement a logic app to keep the table and the Cosmos DB instance in "sync" following an initial sync in Satchin's answer.
I am a new to azure.Could any one help me what is table storage in Azure and how can I do table storage deployment through VSTS?Please share your thoughts and what steps involved in this and which plugin/task I can use in VSTS to perform this?
About Azure Table storage, you can refer to this article: Azure Table storage overview.
Regarding Azure table storage with VSTS, you can manage azure tables and table entities through Azure PowerShell task.
Azure Table storage stores large amounts of structured data. The service is a NoSQL datastore which accepts authenticated calls from inside and outside the Azure cloud. Azure tables are ideal for storing structured, non-relational data. Common uses of Table storage include:
Storing TBs of structured data capable of serving web scale
applications
Storing datasets that don't require complex joins, foreign keys, or
stored procedures and can be denormalized for fast access
Quickly querying data using a clustered index
Accessing data using the OData protocol and LINQ queries with WCF
Data Service .NET Libraries
You can use Table storage to store and query huge sets of structured, non-relational data, and your tables will scale as demand increases.
You’ll have to install Azure Storage Client Library for .NET to work with Azure Storage.
For more details, refer to the documentations Get started with Azure Table storage using .NET and Get started with Azure table storage and Visual Studio Connected Services (ASP.NET) incase if you haven't checked earlier.
What is the difference (if any) between azure table storage and azure easy tables?
As far as I know, there are totally different things.
Azure easy table which is used by the azure mobile app Node.js backend.
It is an easy way to CRUD the data to the sql database/azure storage account like EF.
We couldn't directly use it without binding the azure sql database and azure storage account.
Azure table storage is a service that stores structured NoSQL data in the cloud.
In my opinion, azure easy table is a tool to CRUD the data to the database.
Azure table storage is a database to store the structured NoSQL data.
I have added some data to Table storage via Azure Mobile Services.
I note that the rows do not include a PartitionKey or RowKey. The row includes an ID.
Is Table Storage in Azure Mobile Services different than Azure Table Storage?
Thanks.
Thank you, Terrence
Tables in Azure Mobile Services are Database tables stored in a SQL Azure Database.
Azure Table Storage -> NoSql-type Data Store []
Azure Mobile Services -> SQL Database with Mobile Services Sync, full ACID, relationships, indexes etc.