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Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
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For processing 20GB of data and running numerous queries, a good starting point would be using a general-purpose virtual machine with a memory-to-vCore ratio of 8, recommended for production workloads. The minimum recommended configuration for a general-purpose VM running SQL Server is 4 vCPU and 32 GiB of memory. The Ddsv5-series virtual machines support premium storage and premium storage caching and offer a fair combination of vCPU, memory, and temporary disk but with smaller memory-to-vCore support. The D8ds_v5, which has 8 vCores and 32 GiBs of memory, is recommended as the starter virtual machine in this series.
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References:
- VM size: Performance best practices for SQL Server on Azure VMs - General Purpose
- Storage: Performance best practices for SQL Server on Azure VMs - Overview
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