Windows Azure Storage - Speed and Scale in the Cloud

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Author(s)/Presenter(s):

Joe Giardino

Library Content Type

Presentation

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Focus Areas

Cloud Storage Technologies

Abstract

In today’s world that is increasingly dominated by mobile and cloud computing application developers require durable, scalable, reliable, and fast storage solutions like Windows Azure Storage. This talk will cover the internal design of the Windows Azure Storage system and how it is engineered to meet these ever growing demands. This session will have a particular focus on performance, scale, and reliability. In addition, we will cover patterns & best practices for developing performant solutions on storage that optimize for cost, latency, and throughput. Windows Azure Storage is currently leveraged by clients to build big data and web scale services such as Bing, Xbox Music, SkyDrive, Halo 4, Hadoop, and Skype.

Learning Objectives

Windows Azure Storage Fundamentals
Designing an application that scales