Azure VMware Solution Host Types
Introduction
Azure VMware Solution delivers consistent vSphere-based infrastructure that runs on bare-metal, hyper-converged, hosts within the Microsoft Azure Cloud. These hosts are dedicated to each customer and provide the compute, storage, and network infrastructure for the AVS private cloud. There are multiple host types available with varying memory and storage options allowing customers to optimize their workloads based on their specific use cases.
Regional availability for new host types is limited during the initial rollout. For pricing, and the most current region availability, refer to the Azure VMware Solution pricing page and the products available by region page.
Azure VMware Solution requires a minimum of 3 hosts, and a maximum of 16 hosts, to deploy a vSphere cluster, however multiple clusters can be deployed within a single private cloud. All hosts must be the same type within a private cloud. If different host types are required to meet use case needs, additional private clouds must be deployed.
All host types utilize 4x 25 Gb NICs: two for management and control plane, and two for customer traffic. All storage numbers are listed as total raw capacity, usable capacity will differ based on storage policy configurations.
AV36
The AV36 host type was the initial host offering, and is the default option for the AVS private cloud. These hosts are suitable for most workloads, and are available in all regions.
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Processor |
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Type |
Intel Xeon Gold 6140 (Skylake) |
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Number of sockets |
2 |
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Number of cores per socket |
18 |
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Total physical cores |
36 @ 2.3 GHz |
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Hyper-threading |
Enabled |
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Memory |
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RAM |
576 GB |
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Storage |
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Boot volume |
2x M.2, 240 GB, RAID-1 |
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vSAN cache |
2x 1.6 TB NVMe |
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vSAN capacity |
8x 1.92 TB SSD |
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vSAN disk groups |
2 |
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Total raw vSAN cache |
3.2 TB |
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Total raw vSAN capacity |
15.4 TB |
AV36P
The AV36P host type is an upgraded version of the AV36 host providing a newer, faster, processor, increased memory, and increased storage capacity and performance.
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Processor |
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Type |
Intel Xeon Gold 6240 (Cascade Lake) |
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Number of sockets |
2 |
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Number of cores per socket |
18 |
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Total physical cores |
36 @ 2.6 GHz (3.9 GHz Turbo) |
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Hyper-threading |
Enabled |
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Memory |
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RAM |
768 GB |
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Storage |
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Boot volume |
2x M.2, 240 GB, RAID-1 |
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vSAN cache |
2x 750 GB NVMe Intel Optane |
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vSAN capacity |
6x 3.2 TB NVMe |
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vSAN disk groups |
2 |
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Total raw vSAN cache |
1.5 TB |
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Total raw vSAN capacity |
19.2 TB |
AV52
The AV52 host type provides the largest compute resource footprint for memory and storage dense workloads.
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Processor |
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Type |
Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 (Cascade Lake) |
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Number of sockets |
2 |
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Number of cores per socket |
26 |
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Total physical cores |
52 @ 2.7 GHz (4.0 GHz Turbo) |
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Hyper-threading |
Enabled |
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Memory |
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RAM |
1.5 TB |
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Storage |
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Boot volume |
2x M.2, 240 GB, RAID-1 |
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vSAN cache |
2x 750 GB NVMe Intel Optane |
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vSAN capacity |
6x 6.4 TB NVMe |
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vSAN disk groups |
2 |
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Total raw vSAN cache |
1.5 TB |
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Total raw vSAN capacity |
38.4 TB |
Summary and Additional Resources
Additional Resources
For more information about Azure VMware Solution, you can explore the following resources:
Author and Contributors
- Jeremiah Megie, Principal Cloud Solutions Architect, CIBG, VMware
Changelog
The following updates were made to this guide:
| Date | Description of Changes |
| 2022/11/17 |
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