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Azure Development Storage vs Azure Cloud Storage

Gaurav Mantri

Sep 3, 2009

Category: Azure Storage

Feature Comparison between Azure Development Storage (based on July CTP) and Azure Cloud Storage

Feature Development Storage Azure Storage
Connect to Accounts at a time Single Fixed Account. Multiple Accounts.  
Protocol Supports only Http. Supports Http and Https.  
URI Hierarchical path part of the URI. Domain name.  
Table Requires configuration of fixed schema table prior to use. Does not require configuring the schema (Tables are schema less).  
Dynamic Table Does not support dynamic creation and deletion tables. Supports dynamic creation and deletion tables.  
Table Service Shared Key Lite Authentication is supported. Shared Key Authentication is supported.  
Container/Blob Service Shared Key Authentication is supported. Shared Key Authentication is supported.  
Error Information Not fully supported the extended error information returned by the cloud storage service. Supported.  
IIS Run IIS 7.0 in integrated mode. Run IIS 7.0 in integrated mode.  
Administrative Privileges Must need Administrative Privileges. No need of Administrative Privileges (runs with Standard Windows User).  
 
                       Table and Entities  
Entity group transaction for table storage Not Supported Supported  
Creating Entities Supported Supported  
Adding New Attributes in Entity Not Supported Supported  
Type of Attribute Attribute type of a Attribute (Siring, Int32, etc) can’t be different within the same table. An Attribute type of a Attribute (String, Int32, etc) can be different within the same table.  
String Property String Properties are limited to 1,000 characters. All the properties are limited to 255 characters.  
Date Property Date range is January 1, 1753 to December 31, 9999. Date range is January 1, 1601 to December 31, 9999.  
Query on Tables Supported Supported  
Delete Entity Supported Supported  
Delete Table Supported Supported  
 
                       Containers and Blobs  
Creating Containers Supported Supported  
Upload Blobs Supported Supported  
Download Blobs Supported Supported  
Delete Blobs Supported Supported  
Blob Size Up to 2 GB. Up to 50 GB.  
Container Metadata Supported Supported  
Blob Metadata Supported Supported  
Delete Container Supported Supported  
Container Access Policy Not Supported Supported  
Shared authentication signatures for blob Not Supported Supported  
Root blob container Not Supported Supported  
Update blob with PutBlockList Not Supported Supported  
Copy blob Not Supported Supported  
GetBlockList Not Supported Supported  
URL of the Blob Can be access if container is marked public. Can be access if container is marked public.  
 
                       Queue and Messages  
Create Queues Supported Supported  
Queue Metadata Supported Supported  
Create Messages Supported Supported  
Clear Messages Supported Supported  
Delete Queue Supported Supported  

 

Note – To use Azure Development Storage you need to install Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and Windows Vista SP1/Windows7. This is not required for Azure Cloud Storage.