EC32ads_v6
The 'EC' sub-family of VM size series are one of Azure's security focused memory-optimized VM instances.
The EC32ads_v6 is a azure vm instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for vm workloads.
Last updated at Fri May 29 2026
Instance Info
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 32 |
| Memory (GB) | 256 |
| CPU Architecture | x64 |
| Capacity Support | False, True |
| VM Generations | V2 |
| VM Deployment Types | IaaS |
| Network | Value |
| Accelerated Networking | False |
| Storage | Value |
| Local Temp Storage (MB) | 1228800 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Throughput (IOPS) | 144000 |
| Cache/Temp Storage Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 2000000000 |
| Uncached Disk Throughput (IOPS) | 57600 |
| Uncached Disk Read/Write Throughput (Bytes/s) | 1440000000 |
| Premium I/O | True |
| Ultra Disks Supported | False, True |
| Encryption | True |
| Memory Maintenance | True |
Family Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| EC2ads_v6 | 2 | 16 |
| EC4ads_v6 | 4 | 32 |
| EC8ads_v6 | 8 | 64 |
| EC16ads_v6 | 16 | 128 |
| EC32ads_v6 | 32 | 256 |
| EC48ads_v6 | 48 | 384 |
| EC64ads_v6 | 64 | 512 |
| EC96ads_v6 | 96 | 672 |
Related Instances
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| DC32s_v3 | 32 | 256 |
| DC32ds_v3 | 32 | 256 |
| E32-16as_v4 | 32 | 256 |
| E32-16ads_v5 | 32 | 256 |
| E32-16as_v5 | 32 | 256 |
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