Learn the key differences between Azure SQL Edge and SQL Server.
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Azure SQL Edge VS SQL Server
Though both the databases have some similarities they have some key differences as well. Below is a tabular comparison between Azure SQL Edge and SQL Server.
| Azure SQL Edge | SQL Server |
| Azure SQL Database Edge is an excellent relational database engine that is specially designed for IoT and IoT Edge deployments. | SQL Server is an RDMS that comes with an assortment of add-on services. Since it is a database server, it is basically a software product with the main objective to store and retrieve data as requested by other software applications. |
| Azure SQL database edge also helps you with the capability to analyze, stream, and process relational and non-relational data. | The database size for SQL Server depends on the size of the Virtual Machine. SQL Server instances support up to 256 TB of storage. |
| By default, SQL Server infrastructure offers fault tolerance and high availability for Virtual Machines. | |
| Azure SQL Edge supports two deployment models “Connected deployment through Azure IoT Edge” and “Disconnected deployment”. | |
| Available in 2 editions. “Azure SQL Edge Developer” and “Azure SQL Edge”. | SQL server is available with so many editions and those are as below Enterprise, Developer, Standard, Express, Web, Compact, etc. |
Final Thoughts
In this article, we discussed Azure SQL Edge VS SQL Server. Thanks for reading this article !!!