Azure B Series vs D Series. What to Choose?
Microsoft provides a range of Azure VM instances for optimizing business operations on different workloads. Businesses and individuals can choose from different series of virtual machine instances depending upon their resource utilization requirements. These solutions provide virtualization flexibility for various computing solutions ranging from Windows and SQL servers to software and services by providers such as IBM, Oracle, and SAP.
Azure Virtual Machines are highly scalable and are equipped with load balancing capabilities. As Azure Virtual Machines can be used for applications with diverse workloads and are available at various price points, it could be difficult to choose the right solution. In most cases, there is a confusion between B-series and D-series Virtual Machines. Here’s what you need to know before making a choice.
What Kind Of Workloads Will You Use?
Azure Virtual Machines can be used in several scenarios where you need a high degree of control over the computing environment. Here are some of the examples of workload deployment on Azure Virtual Machines.
- You need computers with specific configurations to run codes and test applications.
- You need to deploy cloud applications whose resource utilization can vary.
- You need to extend your organization’s over a longer period for regular operations without expanding your existing data center infrastructure.
The type of workload you need to deploy will dictate the Azure Virtual Machine series subscription.
What Are Azure B Series VMs?
Azure B Series VMs are burstable machines that are suitable for cost-sensitive applications. They are economical and have a low to moderate CPU baseline performance that can be scaled up significantly instantaneously based on demand. Workloads deployed on B series Azure VMs should not have high CPU utilization requirements but could require an occasional burst to complete tasks efficiently. This ensures that VM credits are not wasted, and the economics of opting for B series virtual machines makes sense.
When to Use Azure B Series VMs?
Azure B Series VMs are best used for applications that have low CPU power requirements typically with long idle times and short bursts of high-resource utilization. Below are some of the typical scenarios for deploying Azure B Series VMs.
- Deploying servers for development and testing.
- Hosting web servers that have less traffic.
- Managing small databases.
- Running microservices.
- Creating servers for demonstrating proof-of-concept.
- Generating code repositories and build servers for continuous integration.
What Are Azure D Series VMs?
Azure D Series Virtual Machines are ideal solutions for general-purpose computational tasks. They are balanced for processing power and memory resources. This family of Virtual Machines has several instances which primarily vary based on their processors and the type of storage. While most instances use Intel Xeon processors of different generations, some are available with AMD. Additionally, many of the instances have the option of attaching Premium SSD and Ultra Disk storage providing users a wide range of options for running their workloads.
When to Choose D Series Virtual Machines?
Use Azure D-Series Virtual Machines for production workloads. Stated below are some of the typical applications.
- Deploying applications that are of enterprise-grade.
- Powering relational databases.
- Facilitating in-memory caching.
- Running analytics tools and applications.
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