DC32ads_v5
The 'DC' series family are one of Azure's security focused general purpose VM instances.
The DC32ads_v5 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 | 32 |
| Memory (GB) | 128 |
| CPU Architecture | x64 |
| Capacity Support | True |
| VM Generations | V1,V2 |
| VM Deployment Types | IaaS,PaaS |
| Network | Value |
| Accelerated Networking | False |
| Storage | Value |
| Local Temp Storage (MB) | 1228800 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) | 150000 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 2000000000 |
| Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) | 51200 |
| Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 768000000 |
| Premium I/O | True |
| Ultra Disks Supported | False, True |
| Encryption | True |
| Memory Maintenance | True |
Family Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| DC2ads_v5 | 2 | 8 |
| DC4ads_v5 | 4 | 16 |
| DC8ads_v5 | 8 | 32 |
| DC16ads_v5 | 16 | 64 |
| DC32ads_v5 | 32 | 128 |
| DC48ads_v5 | 48 | 192 |
| DC64ads_v5 | 64 | 256 |
| DC96ads_v5 | 96 | 384 |
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