E8a_v4
The 'E' family of VM size series are one of Azure's memory-optimized VM instances.
The E8a_v4 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.
Last updated at Sun May 03 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 8 |
| Memory (GB) | 64 |
| CPU Architecture | x64 |
| Capacity Support | True |
| VM Generations | V1,V2 |
| VM Deployment Types | IaaS,PaaS |
| Network | Value |
| Accelerated Networking | True |
| Storage | Value |
| Local Temp Storage (MB) | 204800 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) | 12000 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 196608000 |
| Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) | 12800 |
| Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 192000000 |
| Premium I/O | False |
| Encryption | True |
| Memory Maintenance | True |
Family Instances
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| DC8ds_v3 | 8 | 64 |
| E8-2ads_v5 | 8 | 64 |
| A8m_v2 | 8 | 64 |
| E8-2as_v4 | 8 | 64 |
| DC8s_v3 | 8 | 64 |
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