Compute Optimized Azure Dedicated Host SKUs

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01/23/2023

Azure Dedicated Host SKUs are the combination of a VM family and a certain hardware specification. You can only deploy VMs of the VM series that the Dedicated Host SKU specifies. For example, on the Dsv3-Type3, you can only provision Dsv3-series VMs.

This document goes through the hardware specifications and VM packings for all compute optimized Dedicated Host SKUs.

Limitations

The sizes and hardware types available for dedicated hosts vary by region. Refer to the host pricing page to learn more.

Fsv2

Fsv2-Type2

The Fsv2-Type2 is a Dedicated Host SKU utilizing the Intel® Skylake (Xeon® Platinum 8168) processor. It offers 48 physical cores, 72 vCPUs, and 144 GiB of RAM. The Fsv2-Type2 runs Fsv2-series VMs.

The following packing configuration outlines the max packing of uniform VMs you can put onto a Fsv2-Type2 host.

Physical cores	Available vCPUs	Available RAM	VM Size	# VMs
48	72	144 GiB	F2s v2	32
			F4s v2	18
			F8s v2	9
			F16s v2	4
			F32s v2	2
			F48s v2	1
			F64s v2	1
			F72s v2	1

Fsv2-Type3

The Fsv2-Type3 is a Dedicated Host SKU utilizing the Intel® Cascade Lake (Xeon® Platinum 8272CL) processor. It offers 52 physical cores, 80 vCPUs, and 504 GiB of RAM. The Fsv2-Type3 runs Fsv2-series VMs.

The following packing configuration outlines the max packing of uniform VMs you can put onto a Fsv2-Type3 host.

Physical cores	Available vCPUs	Available RAM	VM Size	# VMs
52	80	504 GiB	F2s v2	32
			F4s v2	21
			F8s v2	10
			F16s v2	5
			F32s v2	2
			F48s v2	1
			F64s v2	1
			F72s v2	1

Fsv2-Type4

The Fsv2-Type4 is a Dedicated Host SKU utilizing the Intel® Ice Lake (Xeon® Platinum 8370C) processor. It offers 64 physical cores, 119 vCPUs, and 768 GiB of RAM. The Fsv2-Type4 runs Fsv2-series VMs.

The following packing configuration outlines the max packing of uniform VMs you can put onto a Fsv2-Type4 host.

Physical cores	Available vCPUs	Available RAM	VM Size	# VMs
64	119	768 GiB	F2s v2	32
			F4s v2	24
			F8s v2	12
			F16s v2	6
			F32s v2	3
			F48s v2	2
			F64s v2	1
			F72s v2	1

FXmds

FXmds-Type1

The FXmds-Type1 is a Dedicated Host SKU utilizing the Intel® Cascade Lake (Xeon® Gold 6246R) processor. It offers 32 physical cores, 48 vCPUs, and 1,152 GiB of RAM. The FXmds-Type1 runs FX-series VMs.

The following packing configuration outlines the max packing of uniform VMs you can put onto a FXmds-Type1 host.

Physical cores	Available vCPUs	Available RAM	VM Size	# VMs
32	48	1,152 GiB	FX4mds	12
			FX12mds	4
			FX24mds	2
			FX36mds	1
			FX48mds	1

Next steps

For more information, see the Dedicated hosts overview.
There is sample template, available at Azure quickstart templates, that uses both zones and fault domains for maximum resiliency in a region.