Azure Virtual Machine Family Quota Problem

Question

We got accepted by the Microsoft Startup Program and were going to set up a virtual machine. We came to the 'create' step by selecting the NC4as_T4_v3 machine in the East US region, then we left the page without creating it. We followed the steps to set up a new virtual machine to create another machine again, we selected the same machine but it said your quota is full. We saw that the previous machine we didn't create was saved as a draft. We deleted this draft but we still have a quota problem. So, although we don't have any machines, we can't access the quota we used to have.

How can I solve this problem?

Answer 1

Hi Ömer Koçbil,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A Platform! Thank you for asking your question here.

We understand from your query that you are experiencing an issue while trying to create a virtual machine in East US with the size NC4as_T4_v3 but getting as your quota is full. Please try below steps that help resolve your issue.

Please verify for any stale resources associated with the VM series in the East US region. Navigate to the Virtual Machines, Disks, and Public IP Addresses sections to check for any lingering resources. If you identify any, please delete them to free up quota.

Check the current quota usage, go to the Azure Portal and navigate to Subscriptions. Select your subscription, then click on Usage + quotas and filter with region, to review your current quota limits and usage for the NC series.

Please try creating the VM in a different Availability Zone within the East US region to see if the quota differs by zone or try creating in another region as Azure may limit the availability of certain VM series due to capacity constraints. This can occur if many users in the East US region are utilizing NC series VMs, which may prevent new allocations for that family in the region or its zones.

Try Azure CLI to check the available current quota:
az vm list-usage --location eastus --output table
This command will show the current quota usage for each VM size in the specified region. check for your specific size.

If the above steps don't work, try to increase the quota: From the Usage + Quotas page, click on Request Increase for the NCas_T4_v3 quota then follow the steps to request an increase in the quota and submit the request.

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Answer 2

@Ömer Koçbil

Azure Startups now has a solution for customers wishing to utilize GPU clusters. Details can be found on Startup GPU Cluster page.

The Startup GPU Cluster is a set of interconnected GPUs optimized and made available specifically for distributed training and fine-tuning. Startups can request access to this GPU cluster for short periods of time and use their Founders Hub credits, when available, to pay for it. As of January 2024, the cluster is a set of 500 NDmA100s, subject to change at a future date.

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