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B8als_v2

The 'B' family of VM size series are one of Azure's general purpose VM instances.

The B8als_v2 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.

Last updated at Tue May 19 2026
Instance Info
Compute Value
vCPUs 8
Memory (GB) 16
CPU Architecture x64
Capacity Support True
VM Generations V1,V2
VM Deployment Types IaaS
Network Value
Accelerated Networking True
Storage Value
Local Temp Storage (MB) 0
Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) 19000
Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) 250000000
Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) 12800
Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) 290000000
Premium I/O True
Ultra Disks Supported False, True
Encryption True
Memory Maintenance True
Family Instances
Instance vCPUs Memory
B2ats_v2 2 1
B2als_v2 2 4
B2as_v2 2 8
B4als_v2 4 8
B4as_v2 4 16
B8als_v2 8 16
B8as_v2 8 32
B16als_v2 16 32
B16as_v2 16 64
B32als_v2 32 64
B32as_v2 32 128
Related Instances
Instance vCPUs Memory
D8alds_v7 8 16
D8alds_v6 8 16
D8als_v6 8 16
A8_v2 8 16
B8ls_v2 8 16
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