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What nosql databases are available for azure

I am exploring various storage options for my Azure cloud application. I understand that SQL-Azure is available. However, I am interested to know which NoSQL options are available, and more importantly, which of them are leaders in this space.

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If you're looking for alternatives to SQL Azure, check out the Windows Azure Table Storage API and this Windows Azure Storage Proposal wiki page. I also see others running MongoDB as a worker, although this is a warning if you are looking for manageability and scalability without having to configure it yourself, Windows Azure Table Storage is the way to go.

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I got MongoDB to work in the role of Azure, both standalone and a set of replicas, although replica sets are quite complex (at least in proving the concept I built), and I have not developed details around graceful closure and a few other things. I demonstrated this on MongoSV last year (video here ).

10gen (the creators of MongoDB) has now formalized this, with a MongoDB configuration that acts as a standalone server in the role of Azure. With this configuration, you can even scale to multiple instances, which will provide a “warm standby” server in case the main server has left for any reason. You can read the documentation and take the latest code (currently alpha) from here .

You can also run other NoSQL databases if you can either xcopy-deploy or run an unattended installation.

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