S.No |
Azure Instance Type |
Purpose |
1 |
A-Basic |
Basic version of the A series for testing and development |
2 |
A-Standard |
General purpose VM’s |
3 |
B-Burstable |
Burstable instances that can burst to the full capacity of the CPU when needed |
4 |
D-General Purpose |
Built for enterprise applications. DS instances offer premium storage |
5 |
E-Memory Optimized |
High memory to CPU core ratio.ES instances offer premium storage |
6 |
F5-CPU Optimized |
High CPU core o memory ratio. FS instances offer premium storage |
7 |
G-Godzilla |
Very large instances ideal for large databases and big data use cases |
8 |
H-High Performance |
High performance compute instances aimed at very high end computational needs Eg: scientific applications |
9 |
L- Storage Optimized |
Storage optimized instances which offer a higher disk throughput and IO |
10 |
M-Large Memory |
Another large scale memory option that allows for up to 3.5 TB of RAM |
11 |
N – GPU Enabled |
GPU -Enabled instances |
12 |
SAP HANA on azure certified instances |
Specialized instances purposely built and certified for running SAP HANA |