If Azure Table Storage and SQL Data Services were cars ...
SQL Data Services would be this.
The Porsche. An engineering marvel yet beatiful and comfortable. In the hands of an average driver, it goes fast. In the hands of an experienced driver, it goes VERY fast. Its electronic systems will forgive many of the driver's mistakes yet provide the maximum available power when needed. This car will turn heads wherever it goes.
And then there is this.
Friendly, it is not. Unless you know how to drive it, you will stall a dozen times before you even get on the track. It's not easy to control either. Comfort is a matter of discussion, once you account for the fact that you have to take the steering wheel off just to get in the car. It's beauty is debateable as everything is sacrificed in order to achieve the best aerodynamic shape.
Yet, in the hands of an experienced race driver, it is fast. INSANELY fast! This car exists for one thing and one thing only, and that is SPEED.
And that's what the Azure Table Storage Service is all about.