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A1_v2

The A1_v2 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.

Last updated at Sun May 24 2026
Instance Info
Compute Value
vCPUs 1
Memory (GB) 2
CPU Architecture x64
Capacity Support True
VM Generations V1
VM Deployment Types PaaS,IaaS
Network Value
Accelerated Networking False
Storage Value
Local Temp Storage (MB) 10240
Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) 1000
Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) 20971520
Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) 1600
Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) 24000000
Premium I/O False
Encryption False
Memory Maintenance True
Family Instances
Instance vCPUs Memory
A1_v2 1 2
A2_v2 2 4
A2m_v2 2 16
A4_v2 4 8
A4m_v2 4 32
A8_v2 8 16
A8m_v2 8 64
Related Instances
Instance vCPUs Memory
F1als_v7 1 2
B1ms 1 2
F1 1 2
F1s 1 2
F1alds_v7 1 2
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