Azure Database for PostgreSQL is an implementation of the open source relational database PostgreSQL in the cloud. It is also based on the community version of the open source PostgreSQL database engine. PostgreSQL offers capabilities similar to MySQL, but there are differences as well.
It offers the following features and capabilities:
- Open source: PostgreSQL is completely open source.
- ACID compliancy: Offers ACID transactions.
- Replication: PostgreSQL provides master-standby replication, including single master to one standby and multiple standbys, hot standby/streaming replication, bi-directional replication, logical log streaming replication, and cascading replication.
- Performance: It supports a variety of performance optimizations, and is most suitable for systems that require the execution of complex queries and where read and write speeds...