Available VM series and sizes

At the time of writing this book, the following VM series are available:

Sizes Type Description
A0-7, Av2, B, D, DS, Dv2, DSv2, Dv3, Dsv3 General purpose These VMs have a balanced CPU-to-memory ratio and are ideal for testing and development scenarios. They are also suitable for small and medium databases and web servers with low to medium traffic.
F, Fs, Fsv2 Compute optimized These VMs have a high CPU-to-memory ratio and are suitable for web servers with medium traffic, application servers, and network appliances for nodes in batch processing.
D, DS, Dv2, DSv2, Ev3, Esv3, G, GS, M Memory optimized These VMs have a high memory-to-CPU ratio and are suitable for relational database servers, medium to ...

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