Scalability and performance targets for VM disks
Applies to: ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets ✔️ Uniform scale sets
You can attach a number of data disks to an Azure virtual machine (VM). Based on the scalability and performance targets for a VM's data disks, you can determine the number and type of disk that you need to meet your performance and capacity requirements.
Important
For optimal performance, limit the number of highly utilized disks attached to the virtual machine to avoid possible throttling. If all attached disks aren't highly utilized at the same time, the virtual machine can support a larger number of disks. Additionally, when creating a managed disk from an existing managed disk, only 49 disks can be created concurrently. More disks can be created after some of the initial 49 have been created.
For Azure managed disks:
The following table illustrates the default and maximum limits of the number of resources per region per subscription. The limits remain the same irrespective of disks encrypted with either platform-managed keys or customer-managed keys. There is no limit for the number of Managed Disks, snapshots and images per resource group.
Resource Limit Standard managed disks 50,000 Standard SSD managed disks 50,000 Premium SSD managed disks 50,000 Premium SSD v2 managed disks 1,000 Premium SSD v2 managed disks capacity2 32,768 Ultra disks 1,000 Ultra disk capacity2 32,768 Standard_LRS snapshots1 75,000 Standard_ZRS snapshots1 75,000 Managed image 50,000
1An individual disk can have 500 incremental snapshots.
2This is the default max but higher capacities are supported by request. To request an increase in capacity, request a quota increase or contact Azure Support.
For standard storage accounts:
A Standard storage account has a maximum total request rate of 20,000 IOPS. The total IOPS across all of your virtual machine disks in a Standard storage account should not exceed this limit.
For unmanaged disks, you can roughly calculate the number of highly utilized disks supported by a single standard storage account based on the request rate limit. For example, for a Basic tier VM, the maximum number of highly utilized disks is about 66, which is 20,000/300 IOPS per disk. The maximum number of highly utilized disks for a Standard tier VM is about 40, which is 20,000/500 IOPS per disk.
For premium storage accounts:
A premium storage account has a maximum total throughput rate of 50 Gbps. The total throughput across all of your VM disks should not exceed this limit.
See VM sizes for more details.
Managed virtual machine disks
Standard HDD managed disks
| Standard Disk Type | S4 | S6 | S10 | S15 | S20 | S30 | S40 | S50 | S60 | S70 | S80 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disk size in GiB | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256 | 512 | 1,024 | 2,048 | 4,096 | 8,192 | 16,384 | 32,767 |
| Base IOPS per disk | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 1,300 | Up to 2,000 | Up to 2,000 |
| *Expanded IOPS per disk | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Up to 1,500 | Up to 3,000 | Up to 3,000 | Up to 3,000 | Up to 3,000 | Up to 3,000 |
| Base throughput per disk | Up to 60 MB/s | Up to 60 MB/s | Up to 60 MB/s | Up to 60 MB/s | Up to 60 MB/s | Up to 60 MB/s | Up to 60 MB/s | Up to 60 MB/s | Up to 300 MB/s | Up to 500 MB/s | Up to 500 MB/s |
| *Expanded throughput per disk | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Up to 150 MB/s | Up to 300 MB/s | Up to 500 MB/s | Up to 500 MB/s | Up to 500 MB/s | Up to 500 MB/s |
* Only applies to disks with performance plus (preview) enabled.
Standard SSD managed disks
| Standard SSD sizes | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E6 | E10 | E15 | E20 | E30 | E40 | E50 | E60 | E70 | E80 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disk size in GiB | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256 | 512 | 1,024 | 2,048 | 4,096 | 8,192 | 16,384 | 32,767 |
| Base IOPS per disk | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 500 | Up to 2,000 | Up to 4,000 | Up to 6,000 |
| *Expanded IOPS per disk | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Up to 1,500 | Up to 3,000 | Up to 6,000 | Up to 6,000 | Up to 6,000 | Up to 6,000 |
| Base throughput per disk | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 100 MB/s | Up to 400 MB/s | Up to 600 MB/s | Up to 750 MB/s |
| *Expanded throughput per disk | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Up to 150 MB/s | Up to 300 MB/s | Up to 600 MB/s | Up to 750 MB/s | Up to 750 MB/s | Up to 750 MB/s |
| Max burst IOPS per disk | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 1000 | |||||
| Max burst throughput per disk | 150 MB/s | 150 MB/s | 150 MB/s | 150 MB/s | 150 MB/s | 150 MB/s | 150 MB/s | 150 MB/s | 250 MB/s | |||||
| Max burst duration | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min |
* Only applies to disks with performance plus (preview) enabled.
Premium SSD managed disks: Per-disk limits
| Premium SSD sizes | P1 | P2 | P3 | P4 | P6 | P10 | P15 | P20 | P30 | P40 | P50 | P60 | P70 | P80 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disk size in GiB | 4 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 64 | 128 | 256 | 512 | 1,024 | 2,048 | 4,096 | 8,192 | 16,384 | 32,767 |
| Base provisioned IOPS per disk | 120 | 120 | 120 | 120 | 240 | 500 | 1,100 | 2,300 | 5,000 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 16,000 | 18,000 | 20,000 |
| **Expanded provisioned IOPS per disk | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8,000 | 16,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Base provisioned Throughput per disk | 25 MB/s | 25 MB/s | 25 MB/s | 25 MB/s | 50 MB/s | 100 MB/s | 125 MB/s | 150 MB/s | 200 MB/s | 250 MB/s | 250 MB/s | 500 MB/s | 750 MB/s | 900 MB/s |
| **Expanded provisioned throughput per disk | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 300 MB/s | 600 MB/s | 900 MB/s | 900 MB/s | 900 MB/s | 900 MB/s |
| Max burst IOPS per disk | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 3,500 | 30,000* | 30,000* | 30,000* | 30,000* | 30,000* | 30,000* |
| Max burst throughput per disk | 170 MB/s | 170 MB/s | 170 MB/s | 170 MB/s | 170 MB/s | 170 MB/s | 170 MB/s | 170 MB/s | 1,000 MB/s* | 1,000 MB/s* | 1,000 MB/s* | 1,000 MB/s* | 1,000 MB/s* | 1,000 MB/s* |
| Max burst duration | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | 30 min | Unlimited* | Unlimited* | Unlimited* | Unlimited* | Unlimited* | Unlimited* |
| Eligible for reservation | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes, up to one year | Yes, up to one year | Yes, up to one year | Yes, up to one year | Yes, up to one year | Yes, up to one year |
*Applies only to disks with on-demand bursting enabled.
** Only applies to disks with performance plus (preview) enabled.
Premium SSD managed disks: Per-VM limits
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Maximum IOPS Per VM | 80,000 IOPS with GS5 VM |
| Maximum throughput per VM | 2,000 MB/s with GS5 VM |
Unmanaged virtual machine disks
Standard unmanaged virtual machine disks: Per-disk limits
| VM tier | Basic tier VM | Standard tier VM |
|---|---|---|
| Disk size | 4,095 GB | 4,095 GB |
| Maximum 8-KB IOPS per persistent disk | 300 | 500 |
| Maximum number of disks that perform the maximum IOPS | 66 | 40 |
Premium unmanaged virtual machine disks: Per-account limits
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Total disk capacity per account | 35 TB |
| Total snapshot capacity per account | 10 TB |
| Maximum bandwidth per account (ingress + egress)1 | <=50 Gbps |
1Ingress refers to all data from requests that are sent to a storage account. Egress refers to all data from responses that are received from a storage account.
Premium unmanaged virtual machine disks: Per-disk limits
| Premium storage disk type | P10 | P20 | P30 | P40 | P50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disk size | 128 GiB | 512 GiB | 1,024 GiB (1 TB) | 2,048 GiB (2 TB) | 4,095 GiB (4 TB) |
| Maximum IOPS per disk | 500 | 2,300 | 5,000 | 7,500 | 7,500 |
| Maximum throughput per disk | 100 MB/sec | 150 MB/sec | 200 MB/sec | 250 MB/sec | 250 MB/sec |
| Maximum number of disks per storage account | 280 | 70 | 35 | 17 | 8 |
Premium unmanaged virtual machine disks: Per-VM limits
| Resource | Limit |
|---|---|
| Maximum IOPS per VM | 80,000 IOPS with GS5 VM |
| Maximum throughput per VM | 2,000 MB/sec with GS5 VM |
See also
Azure subscription and service limits, quotas, and constraints