Increase remote storage performance with Azure Ebsv5 VMs—now generally available | Azure Blog and Updates

At Microsoft Ignite in November 2021, we introduced the memory-optimized Ev5 Azure Digital Machine (VM) sequence based mostly on the third Gen Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C processor. The Ev5 VMs are designed for memory-intensive business-critical functions, relational database servers, and in-memory knowledge analytics workloads.

Right this moment, we’re asserting the final availability of the Ebsv5 VM sequence, a brand new addition to the Ev5 Azure VM household. The Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 VMs supply as much as 120,000 IOPS and four,000MBps of distant disk storage throughput. In addition they embrace as much as 512 GiB of RAM and native SSD storage (most 2,400 GiB). This new VM sequence gives as much as thrice a rise in distant storage efficiency in comparison with earlier VM generations and helps consolidate present workloads on fewer VMs or smaller VM sizes to realize potential value financial savings. Moreover, the Ebdsv5 sequence incorporates a native disk, and Ebsv5 is with no native disk to finest match your workload necessities. To checkout regional availability, please go to Microsoft Azure Merchandise by Area.

The Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 VM sequence

As prospects transition their business-critical functions to the cloud, questions come up on learn how to strike a stability among the many numerous necessities equivalent to availability, enterprise continuity, resilience, efficiency, value, and complexity, to call a couple of. To supply the best-in-class service to prospects, Microsoft companions with expertise distributors equivalent to Intel to embed their newest improvements inside Azure IaaS. With this robust collaboration, Azure delivers steady infrastructure effectivity and efficiency enhancements that prospects count on from the cloud.

For example, prospects often deploy massive database workloads equivalent to on-line transaction processing programs, knowledge warehousing functions, and analytical functions on memory-optimized Ev5 VM sequence. Whereas the Ev5 VMs meet the efficiency necessities for a lot of business-critical functions, some workloads demand even increased VM-to-disk throughput and enter/output operations per second (IOPS) efficiency, now supplied by the Ebsv5 VM sequence. Workloads requiring increased throughput and IOPS can now migrate from the earlier era Ev4 VM sequence or constrained core vCPU succesful Azure VMs to the Ebsv5 VMs to scale back the fee on each infrastructures and licensed business software program operating on these cases.

Ebsv5 sequence VM specs:

Ebdsv5 sequence VM specs:

Word the Uncached IOPS/ throughput specs are the identical as Ebsv5 VMs

Buyer testimonials

We had the chance to collaborate with numerous Azure prospects through the preview interval. Firms like SAS, Blue Yonder, and Silk examined the efficiency of the brand new VMs:

SAS is a pacesetter in analytics. By progressive software program and companies, SAS empowers and conjures up prospects around the globe to remodel knowledge into intelligence.

“Microsoft has launched the Ebdsv5 Azure Digital Machines sequence for functions that require excessive IO throughput to course of massive volumes of knowledge. We run a number of computationally and IO intensive exams to measure concurrent, combined analytics workload efficiency. The Ebdsv5 VMs can supply elevated IO throughput to exterior storage, and glorious total efficiency to satisfy our SAS functions necessities. We’re excited to start out utilizing the Ebdsv5 VMs to run SAS knowledge and analytics options on Azure.“—Bryan Harris, Govt VP and CTO, SAS

Blue Yonder gives provide chain administration, manufacturing planning, retail planning, retailer operations, and class administration choices.

“At Blue Yonder we now have efficiently transitioned our functions to a Software program as a Service deployment mannequin on Azure. We’re constantly bettering the scalability and value of our choices. That can be why we have been thrilled to take part within the preview of the brand new Ebdsv5 Azure VMs. These new VM-series present us with optimum sizes for our workloads and are capable of meet excessive IO-throughput necessities with robust CPU efficiency and huge reminiscence footprints at an economical worth. The brand new Ebdsv5 Azure VMs will enable us to run options as much as 20 % quicker, run bigger workloads, whereas additionally decreasing the general complete value of possession.”—Jan Karstens, CVP SaaS, Evangelist, Blue Yonder

The Silk Platform permits prospects to scale their bigger database storage resolution to ship elevated efficiency.

“Silk has validated the Ebsv5 Azure VM sequence to be used within the Silk Cloud Platform to run Mission Important database workloads. The implausible efficiency of those VMs makes them excellent for functions that must course of massive volumes of knowledge. We’ve seen over 10GBytes/sec sustained throughput to a single Ebsv5 sequence VM, from the Silk Cloud Platform, with SQL Server database workloads. The Silk Cloud Platform aggregates the egress efficiency from a number of VMs to allow most ingress efficiency to a database VM. We’re excited to onboard the brand new Ebsv5 VMs once they grow to be usually out there.”—Tom O’Neill, CTO, Silk

Getting began

You’ll be able to be taught extra in regards to the Ebsv5 and Ebdsv5 VMs by registering for the upcoming webinar and studying the documentation. You may also try pricing for Home windows and Linux.

If you happen to need assistance selecting the right VM on your workload, attempt utilizing the digital machine selector.