Instances Azure VM Standard_D8plds_v5 Standard_D8plds_v5
Standard_D8plds_v5 is an Azure VM size with 8 vCPUs, 16 GiB memory (Ampere Altra). In East US it costs $0.307 per hour on demand ($224.11 per month) for Linux; a 1-year reserved instance with no upfront costs $0.1813 per hour, 41% less. Spot capacity is about $0.0649 per hour. It is sold in 24 regions; the cheapest is Central India at $0.196 per hour.
USD per hour, Linux. Reserved prices are no upfront, standard. Cheapest on-demand first.
Region On-demand Spot 1-yr reserved 3-yr reserved 1-yr savings plan 3-yr savings plan Central India centralindia $0.196 $0.0362 $0.1156 $0.0745 $0.1412 $0.0913 Jio India Central jioindiacentral $0.196 – – – – – Jio India West jioindiawest $0.196 – – – – – East US eastus $0.307 $0.0649 $0.1813 $0.1167 $0.21 $0.1348 East US 2 eastus2 $0.307 $0.0567 $0.1813 $0.1167 $0.2079 $0.1323 North Central US northcentralus $0.307 $0.0567 $0.1813 $0.1167 $0.2079 $0.1323 West US 2 westus2 $0.307 $0.0567 $0.1813 $0.1167 $0.2072 $0.1331 West US 3 westus3 $0.307 $0.0567 $0.1813 $0.1167 – – Sweden Central swedencentral $0.333 $0.0615 $0.1963 $0.1264 $0.2464 $0.1698 Canada Central canadacentral $0.339 $0.0626 $0.2001 $0.1289 $0.244 $0.1479 Central US centralus $0.347 $0.0641 $0.1813 $0.1167 $0.2079 $0.1322 North Europe northeurope $0.349 $0.0645 $0.2058 $0.1325 $0.2579 $0.1761 Germany West Central germanywestcentral $0.356 $0.0658 $0.21 $0.1353 $0.2627 $0.1842 West Europe westeurope $0.356 $0.0658 $0.21 $0.1353 $0.2627 $0.1842 Southeast Asia southeastasia $0.36 $0.0665 $0.2124 $0.1368 $0.2587 $0.1686 UK South uksouth $0.368 $0.0647 $0.2171 $0.1398 $0.2722 $0.186 South Central US southcentralus $0.369 $0.0682 $0.2175 $0.1401 $0.2805 $0.1993 West Central US westcentralus $0.369 $0.0682 $0.2175 $0.1401 $0.2805 $0.1993 France Central francecentral $0.37 $0.0684 $0.2183 $0.1406 $0.2812 $0.1998 West US westus $0.384 $0.071 $0.2266 $0.1459 $0.2822 $0.1882 East Asia eastasia $0.392 $0.0724 $0.2313 $0.149 $0.298 $0.2117 Japan East japaneast $0.392 $0.0724 $0.2313 $0.149 $0.2979 $0.2117 Switzerland North switzerlandnorth $0.392 $0.0724 – – $0.2901 $0.2038 Australia East australiaeast $0.404 $0.0747 $0.2384 $0.1535 $0.2784 $0.1881
Compute Value vCPUs 8 Physical cores 8 Threads per core 1 Architecture arm64 Processor Ampere Altra
Memory Value Memory (GiB) 16
Networking Value Network 12.5 Gbps Accelerated networking Yes Max network interfaces 4
Storage Value Storage 300 GiB temp SSD Temp disk 300 GiB Max data disks 16 Premium SSD Yes Max disk IOPS (uncached) 12,800 Max disk throughput (uncached) 290 MB/s Ephemeral OS disk Yes
Instance details Value Instance type Standard_D8plds_v5 Family Dpldsv5 Category General purpose VM generations V2 Encryption at host Yes
Other Value Series dpldsv5-series Specs source Azure Resource SKUs API
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