The Mdsv3 Medium Memory(MM) Virtual Machine (VM) series, powered by 4th generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, are the next generation of memory-optimized VM sizes delivering faster performance, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and improved resilience to failures compared to previous generation Mv2 VMs. The Mdsv3 MM offers VM sizes of up to 4TB of memory and 4,000 MBps throughput to remote storage and provides up to 25% networking performance improvements over previous generations.
Host specifications
| Part |
Quantity
Count Units |
Specs
SKU ID, Performance Units, etc. |
| Processor |
12 - 176 vCPUs |
Intel Xeon 4th Gen Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) [x86-64] |
| Memory |
240 - 3892 GiB |
|
| Local Storage |
1 Disk |
400 GiB
10,000 - 160,000 IOPS (RR)
100 - 1600 MBps (RR) |
| Remote Storage |
64 Disks |
16,250 - 130,000 IOPS
390 - 4,000 MBps |
| Network |
4 - 8 NICs |
4,000 - 40,000 Mbps |
| Accelerators |
None |
|
Feature support
Premium Storage: Supported
Premium Storage caching: Supported
Live Migration: Not Supported
Memory Preserving Updates: Not Supported
Generation 2 VMs: Supported
Generation 1 VMs: Not Supported
Accelerated Networking: Supported
Ephemeral OS Disk: Supported
Nested Virtualization: Not Supported
Hibernation: Not Supported
Sizes in series
vCPUs (Qty.) and Memory for each size
| Size Name |
vCPUs (Qty.) |
Memory (GiB) |
| Standard_M12ds_v3 |
12 |
240 |
| Standard_M24ds_v3 |
24 |
480 |
| Standard_M48ds_1_v3 |
48 |
974 |
| Standard_M96ds_1_v3 |
96 |
974 |
| Standard_M96ds_2_v3 |
96 |
1,946 |
| Standard_M176ds_3_v3 |
176 |
2,794 |
| Standard_M176ds_4_v3 |
176 |
3,892 |
VM Basics resources
Local (temp) storage info for each size
| Size Name |
Max Temp Storage Disks (Qty.) |
Temp Disk Size (GiB) |
Max Temp Disk Sequential Read (SR)1 IOPS |
Max Temp Disk Sequential Read (SR)1 Throughput (MB/s) |
| Standard_M12ds_v3 |
1 |
400 |
10,000 |
100 |
| Standard_M24ds_v3 |
1 |
400 |
20,000 |
200 |
| Standard_M48ds_1_v3 |
1 |
400 |
40,000 |
400 |
| Standard_M96ds_1_v3 |
1 |
400 |
40,000 |
400 |
| Standard_M96ds_2_v3 |
1 |
400 |
160,000 |
1,600 |
| Standard_M176ds_3_v3 |
1 |
400 |
160,000 |
1,600 |
| Standard_M176ds_4_v3 |
1 |
400 |
160,000 |
1,600 |
Storage resources
Table definitions
- 1Temp disk speed often differs between SR (Sequential Read) and RW (Sequential Write) operations. SR operations are typically faster than SW operations. The SW speed is usually slower than the SR speed on series where only the SR speed value is listed.
- 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.
- To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see Virtual machine and disk performance.
Remote (uncached) storage info for each size
| Size Name |
Max Remote Storage Disks (Qty.) |
Max Uncached Premium SSD Disk IOPS |
Max Uncached Premium SSD Throughput (MB/s) |
Max Uncached Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 IOPS |
Max Uncached Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 Throughput (MB/s) |
| Standard_M12ds_v3 |
64 |
16,250 |
390 |
16,250 |
390 |
| Standard_M24ds_v3 |
64 |
32,500 |
780 |
32,500 |
780 |
| Standard_M48ds_1_v3 |
64 |
65,000 |
1,560 |
65,000 |
1,560 |
| Standard_M96ds_1_v3 |
64 |
65,000 |
1,560 |
65,000 |
1,560 |
| Standard_M96ds_2_v3 |
64 |
130,000 |
3,120 |
130,000 |
3,120 |
| Standard_M176ds_3_v3 |
64 |
130,000 |
4,000 |
130,000 |
4,000 |
| Standard_M176ds_4_v3 |
64 |
130,000 |
4,000 |
130,000 |
4,000 |
Storage resources
Table definitions
- 1Some sizes support bursting to temporarily increase disk performance. Burst speeds can be maintained for up to 30 minutes at a time.
- 2Special Storage refers to either Ultra Disk or Premium SSD v2 storage.
- 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.
Network interface info for each size
| Size Name |
Max NICs (Qty.) |
Max Network Bandwidth (Mb/s) |
| Standard_M12ds_v3 |
4 |
4,000 |
| Standard_M24ds_v3 |
8 |
8,000 |
| Standard_M48ds_1_v3 |
8 |
16,000 |
| Standard_M96ds_1_v3 |
8 |
16,000 |
| Standard_M96ds_2_v3 |
8 |
30,000 |
| Standard_M176ds_3_v3 |
8 |
40,000 |
| Standard_M176ds_4_v3 |
8 |
40,000 |
Networking resources
Table definitions
- 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).
Accelerator (GPUs, FPGAs, etc.) info for each size
Note
No accelerators are present in this series.
List of all available sizes: Sizes
Pricing Calculator: Pricing Calculator
Information on Disk Types: Disk Types
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