Azure - Vm Size
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Vm size note
Management
Default Size
Standard_DS1_v2.
CPU
VM's by the number of CPU cores. One core holds about 2.2 GHZ .
Serie / Family
From https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/
- Burstable VMs - Our B-series VMs provide an economical, low-cost solution for workloads that normally don't use a lot of CPU but occasionally need to burst to handle higher workloads. Free for 12 months.
- Compute Optimized - Fv2 is our newest compute-optimized VM family and uses the Intel Skylake processor. Fv2 delivers the latest Intel CPU for raw compute power.
- Balanced CPU and memory - Our Dv3 family is the latest generation of our general purpose VMs. It's appropriate for a variety of workloads.
- High memory-to-core ratio - Ev3 is our latest generation memory-optimized VM. It's great for relational database servers, caches, and in-memory analytics.
Usage Category
From Azure doc, click on the link and choose the value in the size column.
| Type | Sizes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General purpose | Dsv3, Dv3, DSv2, Dv2, DS, D, Av2, A0-7 | Balanced CPU-to-memory. Ideal for dev / test and small to medium applications and data solutions. |
| Compute optimized | Fs, F | High CPU-to-memory. Good for medium traffic applications, network appliances, and batch processes. |
| Memory optimized | Esv3, Ev3, M, GS, G, DSv2, DS, Dv2, D | High memory-to-core. Great for relational databases, medium to large caches, and in-memory analytics. |
| Storage optimized | Ls | High disk throughput and IO. Ideal for Big Data, SQL, and NoSQL databases. |
| GPU | NV, NC | Specialized VMs targeted for heavy graphic rendering and video editing. |
| High performance | H, A8-11 | Our most powerful CPU VMs with optional high-throughput network interfaces (RDMA). |
Price estimation
In the market place, take an VM with an application that has the same characteristic.
In step 2, you will get a price estimation.
