Mv2-series

Applies to: ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets ✔️ Uniform scale sets

The Mv2-series features high throughput, low latency platform running on a hyper-threaded Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8180M 2.5GHz (Skylake) processor with an all core base frequency of 2.5 GHz and a max turbo frequency of 3.8 GHz. All Mv2-series virtual machine sizes can use both standard and premium persistent disks. Mv2-series instances are memory optimized VM sizes providing unparalleled computational performance to support large in-memory databases and workloads, with a high memory-to-CPU ratio that is ideal for relational database servers, large caches, and in-memory analytics.

Mv2-series VM’s feature Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology

Premium Storage: Supported
Premium Storage caching: Supported
Live Migration: Restricted Supported
Memory Preserving Updates: Not Supported
VM Generation Support: Generation 2
Write Accelerator: Supported
Accelerated Networking: Supported
Ephemeral OS Disks: Supported
Nested Virtualization: Not Supported

Size vCPU Memory: GiB Temp storage (SSD) GiB Max data disks Max cached and temp storage throughput: IOPS / MBps (cache size in GiB) Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps Max NICs Expected network bandwidth (Mbps)
Standard_M208s_v21 208 2850 4096 64 80000 / 800 (7040) 40000 / 1000 8 16000
Standard_M208ms_v21 208 5700 4096 64 80000 / 800 (7040) 40000 / 1000 8 16000
Standard_M416s_v21,2 416 5700 8192 64 250000 / 1600 (14080) 80000 / 2000 8 32000
Standard_M416s_8_v21 416 7600 4096 64 250000 / 1600 (14080) 80000 / 2000 8 32000
Standard_M416ms_v21,2 416 11400 8192 64 250000 / 1600 (14080) 80000 / 2000 8 32000

1 Mv2-series VMs are generation 2 only and support a subset of generation 2 supported Images. Please see below for the complete list of supported images for Mv2-series. If you're using Linux, see Support for generation 2 VMs on Azure for instructions on how to find and select an image. If you're using Windows, see Support for generation 2 VMs on Azure for instructions on how to find and select an image.

  • Windows Server 2019 or later
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 and later or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 and later
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 or later, and 8.1 or later
  • Oracle Enterprise Linux 7.7 or later, and 8.1 or later
  • Ubuntu 18.04 with the 5.4.0-azure kernel or later

2 Constrained core sizes available.

Size table definitions

  • Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 GB.

  • Disk throughput is measured in input/output operations per second (IOPS) and MBps where MBps = 10^6 bytes/sec.

  • Data disks can operate in cached or uncached modes. For cached data disk operation, the host cache mode is set to ReadOnly or ReadWrite. For uncached data disk operation, the host cache mode is set to None.

  • To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see Virtual machine and disk performance.

  • Expected network bandwidth is the maximum aggregated bandwidth allocated per VM type across all NICs, for all destinations. For more information, see Virtual machine network bandwidth.

    Upper limits aren't guaranteed. Limits offer guidance for selecting the right VM type for the intended application. Actual network performance will depend on several factors including network congestion, application loads, and network settings. For information on optimizing network throughput, see Optimize network throughput for Azure virtual machines. To achieve the expected network performance on Linux or Windows, you may need to select a specific version or optimize your VM. For more information, see Bandwidth/Throughput testing (NTTTCP).

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