Comments on: Azure vs. AWS Data Services Comparison https://thomaslarock.com/2018/03/azure-versus-aws-data-services-comparison/ Thomas LaRock is an author, speaker, data expert, and SQLRockstar. He helps people connect, learn, and share. Along the way he solves data problems, too. Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Reviewing the GigaOM SQL Transactional Processing Price-Performance Testing - Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2018/03/azure-versus-aws-data-services-comparison/#comment-67638 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 19:47:48 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=18801#comment-67638 […] difficulties in comparing services and the associated hardware. That’s something I’ve written about previously. Many times, […]

]]> By: Updated Data Services Comparison: AWS vs. Azure - Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2018/03/azure-versus-aws-data-services-comparison/#comment-52636 Wed, 01 May 2019 17:10:32 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=18801#comment-52636 […] year I wrote a post comparing the data services offered by both AWS and Microsoft Azure. Well, there’s been some changes since, so it was time to provide an updated graphic and […]

]]> By: Fact Checking Some Statements from the AWS re:Invent Keynote - Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2018/03/azure-versus-aws-data-services-comparison/#comment-43644 Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:01:45 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=18801#comment-43644 […] DB is really three engines, and the AWS equivalent to Cosmos DB are two engines: (Dynamo, Neptune). I wrote about this earlier in 2018, for reference. So, Azure offers you one SKU, and AWS offers you two. But if we break Cosmos DB out, then Azure […]

]]> By: Anshulee Asthana https://thomaslarock.com/2018/03/azure-versus-aws-data-services-comparison/#comment-22019 Fri, 18 May 2018 07:42:21 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=18801#comment-22019 A great concise article for someone wondering which DB to start with Cosmos of Dynamo! Thank you for this comparison and also for that awesome cheatsheet of various Db options

]]> By: Azure SQL Data Warehouse Costs vs AWS Redshift - Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2018/03/azure-versus-aws-data-services-comparison/#comment-16328 Wed, 28 Mar 2018 19:39:28 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=18801#comment-16328 […] SQL Data Warehouse costs vs AWS Redshift. This post is meant to follow up on two earlier posts (Azure vs. AWS Data Services Comparison and Azure vs AWS Analytics and Big Data Services Comparison), where I outlined the different […]

]]> By: Thomas LaRock https://thomaslarock.com/2018/03/azure-versus-aws-data-services-comparison/#comment-16327 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 15:07:26 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=18801#comment-16327 That’s a great question, and I don’t have an answer. Although I suspect that the services are interested in helping you migrate easily between each other. They might both be focused on getting folks off Oracle first, though.

Migrating data between AWS and Azure isn’t that hard right now. The real trouble comes when trying to migrate all the other pieces of your applications. If built with migration in mind, it should be easy to simply swap out connection strings and let the app continue without needing to worry where the data is stored.

]]> By: John Langston https://thomaslarock.com/2018/03/azure-versus-aws-data-services-comparison/#comment-16326 Tue, 27 Mar 2018 12:59:47 +0000 https://thomaslarock.com/?p=18801#comment-16326 Thanks for this. I suspect most on the typical executive floor would want to know that a shift can be made from one environment to the other (Azure to AWS or the other direction). I personally would want to at least have written steps in sufficient detail to be able to effectively work, at a minimum, a table-top exercise to show it could be done.

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