Azure VM max RAM size?

Question

Hi there,

I see that from the pricing list that the maximun RAM for a VM is 3.5GB (Spain site). However, in the demo video it shows that it could go up to 14GB of RAM. What am I missing?

Thanks

Javier

Answer 1

Hi JavierL1,

Could you share that link?

If you check this one: https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/details/ you'll see that an Extra Large Instance (for Cloud Services - PaaS) goes up to 14GB of RAM.

Cloud Services

Windows Azure Web and Worker roles are charged only when your application is deployed. When developing and testing your application, remove the Cloud Services instances that are not being used to minimize billing. Partial Cloud Services hours are billed as full hours.

This table summarizes the pricing for each Cloud Services instance size:

Cloud Services Instance Size	CPU Cores	CPU Speed	Memory	Instance Storage	I/O Performance	Cost/Hour
Extra Small	Shared	1.0 GHz	768 MB	20 GB	Low	$0.02
Small	1	1.6 GHz	1.75 GB	225 GB	Moderate	$0.12
Medium	2	1.6 GHz	3.5 GB	490 GB	High	$0.24
Large	4	1.6 GHz	7 GB	1,000 GB	High	$0.48
Extra Large	8	1.6 GHz	14 GB	2,040 GB	High	$0.96

The same goes for Windows Azure Virtual Machines (IaaS):

https://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/details/#virtual-machines

Below are the rates for Virtual Machines:

Compute Instance Size	CPU Cores	Memory	Windows Price/Hour		Non-Windows Price/Hour
			Preview	GA*	Preview	GA*
Extra Small	Shared	768 MB	$0.013	$0.02	$0.013	$0.02
Small	1	1.75 GB	$0.08	$0.115	$0.08	$0.085
Medium	2	3.5 GB	$0.16	$0.23	$0.16	$0.17
Large	4	7 GB	$0.32	$0.46	$0.32	$0.34
Extra Large	8	14 GB	$0.64	$0.92	$0.64	$0.68

Hope this helps!

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Best Regards,
Carlos Sardo

Answer 2

Hi there,

The link:

http://www.windowsazure.com/es-es/pricing/calculator/?scenario=virtual-machines

Cheers

Javier

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Javier

Answer 3

Yes, I can also confirm it:

Maybe someone here from the Forums can escalate this internally?

Best Regards,
Carlos Sardo

Answer 4

Hi,

The temporary issue has been fixed now.

Sorry.

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