Azure inter-role synchronization
问题 I was wondering about the best practices in synchronizing multiple azure instances that run the same role. More precisely, I want to prevent several worker roles to work on the same work-unit. Azure queues do not seem to help on this matter. One option is to use an sql table with locks and stored procedures; but using sql synchronization in Azure seems a bit awkward. Any ideas? Edit, my detailed(but simplified problem) is as follows: There are n targets. A unit of work must be done on each