Microsoft releases 7 new general purpose compute VM sizes on Azure
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Microsoft yesterday announced 7 new general purpose compute VM sizes on Azure. With the updated A-Series VM, they have increased the RAM per vCPU from 1.75 GB or 7 GB of RAM per vCPU to 2 GB or 8 GB per vCPU. They have also improved their local disk random IOPS to be 2-10x faster than that of their existing A version 1 sizes.
Find the VM list below,
|
Size |
vCPU |
RAM (GiB) |
Temporary Disk (SSD) |
Max Network Bandwidth |
|
Standard_A1_v2 |
1 |
2 |
10 GB |
Moderate |
|
Standard_A2_v2 |
2 |
4 |
20 GB |
Moderate |
|
Standard_A4_v2 |
4 |
8 |
40 GB |
High |
|
Standard_A8_v2 |
8 |
16 |
80 GB |
High |
|
Standard_A2m_v2 |
2 |
16 |
20 GB |
Moderate |
|
Standard_A4m_v2 |
4 |
32 |
40 GB |
High |
|
Standard_A8m_v2 |
8 |
64 |
80 GB |
High |
Comparison between A Standard vs. new A_v2 VMs:
|
SIZE |
vCPU |
RAM (GiB) |
Disk Size |
Size |
vCPU |
RAM (GiB) |
Disk Size |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
A1 |
1 |
1.75 |
20 GB (HDD) |
? |
A1_v2 |
1 |
2 |
10 GB (SSD) |
|
A2 |
2 |
3.50 |
70 GB (HDD) |
? |
A2_v2 |
2 |
4 |
20 GB (SSD) |
|
A3 |
4 |
7 |
285 GB (HDD) |
? |
A4_v2 |
4 |
8 |
40 GB (SSD) |
|
A4 |
8 |
14 |
605 GB (HDD) |
? |
A8_v2 |
8 |
16 |
80 GB (SSD) |
|
A5 |
2 |
14 |
135 GB (HDD) |
? |
A2m_v2 |
2 |
16 |
20 GB (SSD) |
|
A6 |
4 |
26 |
285 GB (HDD) |
? |
A4m_v2 |
4 |
32 |
40 GB (SSD) |
A7 |
8 |
52 |
605 GB (HDD) |
? |
A8m_v2 |
8 |
64 |
80 GB (SSD) |
Azure team noted that the new A_v2-Series VMs are available in most regions and will be available in all regions soon.
