The compute used by Data Factory, which comes as Azure IR, Azure-SSIS IR or self-hosted IR.
Also called IR, IR.
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Terms in this definition
- Azure Data Factory
Managed data integration service for ETL and ELT, built from pipelines, copy activities, triggers, mapping data flows and integration runtimes. It works in batches rather than routing individual transactions.
- Azure IR
Integration runtime in Data Factory that can connect only to data stores in the cloud.
- Azure-SSIS IR
When Data Factory needs to execute SSIS packages, it uses this integration runtime, hosting the SSISDB catalogue in either SQL Managed Instance or SQL Database.
- Self-hosted IR
Integration runtime for Data Factory that you install on a machine of your own so it can reach sources on-premises or in private networks; it makes outbound HTTPS connections.