While testing the performance characteristics of the SQL Azure backup tool I am building (called Enzo Backup for SQL Azure), I decided to try Spotlight (R) on Azure in order to obtain specific performance metrics from a virtual machine (VM) running on Microsoft's data center. Indeed, my backup solution comes with a cloud agent (running as a worker role in Azure) that performs backup and restore operations entirely in the cloud. Due to the nature of this application, I needed to have an understanding ......