Are CPU Constrained Instances going?

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Are CPU Constrained Instances going?

Nigel Morse 191

We're looking at moving to Azure in the next few months and we've been testing with CPU Constrained VMs for SQL Server. I wanted to get some estimates for these but in the Azure pricing calculator I notice these instances aren't available any more (e.g. E16-8ds_v4). I hope this doesn't mean you're planning to remove these? If not then it makes it hard to work out pricing for these going forward (but yes I realise I can work it out manually but this is a pain)

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VipulSparsh-MSFT 16,306 Microsoft Employee

@Nigel Morse Thanks for reaching out. Let me know if this helps. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/details/virtual-machines/sql-server-standard/

Nigel Morse 191 Reputation points

2021-03-11T17:53:57.783+00:00

Thanks - yes that gives the pricing but I still have to manually work it out. I can do that in pricing calculator by selecting (e.g.) E16ds and noting the compute and OS licence, then selecting a E8ds and noting the SQL Server licence and do some math. It doesn't produce a nice estimate.

However it also doesn't answer the question of whether these constrained sizes are planned to be phased out (I really hope not!)
VipulSparsh-MSFT 16,306 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-03-12T07:07:25.917+00:00

@Nigel Morse I will check internally and update.
VipulSparsh-MSFT 16,306 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2021-03-17T12:22:31.327+00:00

@Nigel Morse Confirmed internally, there is no such plan to phase them out. Here is the supported list. You might need to validate things manually until those are added in calculator
NO ETA as of now, but the feedback has been provided.

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