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A8_v2

The A8_v2 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.

Last updated at Thu May 28 2026
Instance Info
Compute Value
vCPUs 8
Memory (GB) 16
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) 81920
Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) 8000
Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) 167772160
Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) 12800
Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) 192000000
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
B8pls_v2 8 16
B8als_v2 8 16
B8ls_v2 8 16
D8als_v6 8 16
D8alds_v7 8 16
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