The Memory-and-storage optimized Mbv3 VM series are based on the 4th generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and deliver higher remote disk storage performance. These new VM sizes offer up to 650,000 IOPS and 10 GBps of remote disk storage throughput Premium SSD v2 and Ultra Disk, up to 4 TiB of RAM and up to 650,000 IOPS and 10 GBps throughput to remote disk storage with NVMe interface by using Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2.
The increased remote storage performance of these VMs is ideal for storage throughput-intensive workloads such as relational databases and data analytics applications.
The resource allocation and high-performance capabilities of the Mbv3 VM series make them particularly well suited for SQL Server workloads with high memory needs, such as critical online transaction processing (OLTP), data analytics, in-memory databases, data warehousing, and the consolidation of SQL Server workloads for efficient management of multiple SQL Server instances.
Host specifications
| Part |
Quantity
Count Units |
Specs
SKU ID, Performance Units, etc. |
| Processor |
16 - 176 vCPUs |
Intel Xeon 4th gen Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) [x86-64] |
| Memory |
128 - 1536 GiB |
|
| Local Storage |
None |
|
| Remote Storage |
64 Disks |
44,000 - 260,000 IOPS
1,000 - 6,000 MBps |
| Network |
8 NICs |
8,000 - 50,000 Mbps |
| Accelerators |
None |
|
Feature support
Premium Storage: Supported
Premium Storage caching: Supported
Live Migration: Not Supported
Memory Preserving Updates: Not Supported
Generation 2 VMs: Supported
Generation 1 VMs: Not Supported
Accelerated Networking: Supported
Ephemeral OS Disk: Not Supported
Nested Virtualization: Not Supported
Hibernation: Not Supported
Write Accelerator: Supported
Sizes in series (NVMe)
vCPUs (Qty.) and Memory for each size
| Size Name |
vCPUs (Qty.) |
Memory (GiB) |
| Standard_M16bs_v3 |
16 |
128 |
| Standard_M32bs_v3 |
32 |
256 |
| Standard_M48bs_v3 |
48 |
384 |
| Standard_M64bs_v3 |
64 |
512 |
| Standard_M96bs_v3 |
96 |
768 |
| Standard_M128bs_v3 |
128 |
1024 |
| Standard_M176bs_v3 |
176 |
1536 |
VM Basics resources
Local (temp) storage info for each size
Remote (uncached) storage info for each size
| Size Name |
Max Remote Storage Disks (Qty.) |
Max Uncached Premium SSD Disk IOPS |
Max Uncached Premium SSD Throughput (MB/s) |
Max Uncached Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 IOPS |
Max Uncached Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 Throughput (MB/s) |
| Standard_M16bs_v3 |
64 |
44,000 |
1,000 |
64,000 |
1,000 |
| Standard_M32bs_v3 |
64 |
88,000 |
2,000 |
88,000 |
2,000 |
| Standard_M48bs_v3 |
64 |
88,000 |
2,000 |
120,000 |
2,000 |
| Standard_M64bs_v3 |
64 |
88,000 |
2, 000 |
160,000 |
2, 000 |
| Standard_M96bs_v3 |
64 |
260,000 |
4,000 |
260,000 |
4,000 |
| Standard_M128bs_v3 |
64 |
260,000 |
4,000 |
400,000 |
4,000 |
| Standard_M176bs_v3 |
64 |
260,000 |
6,000 |
650,000 |
6,000 |
Storage resources
Table definitions
- Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3), remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 GB.
- Disk throughput is measured in input/output operations per second (IOPS) and MBps where MBps = 10^6 bytes/sec.
- IOPS/MBps listed here refer to uncached mode for data disks.
- To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see Virtual machine and disk performance.
- IOPS spec is defined using common small random block sizes like 4KiB or 8KiB. Maximum IOPS is defined as "up-to" and measured using 4KiB random reads workloads.
- TPUT spec is defined using common large sequential block sizes like 128KiB or 1024KiB. Maximum TPUT is defined as "up-to" and measured using 128KiB sequential reads workloads.
Network interface info for each size
| Size Name |
Max NICs (Qty.) |
Max Network Bandwidth (Mb/s) |
| Standard_M16bs_v3 |
8 |
8,000 |
| Standard_M32bs_v3 |
8 |
16,000 |
| Standard_M48bs_v3 |
8 |
16,000 |
| Standard_M64bs_v3 |
8 |
16,000 |
| Standard_M96bs_v3 |
8 |
25,000 |
| Standard_M128bs_v3 |
8 |
40,000 |
| Standard_M176bs_v3 |
8 |
50,000 |
Networking resources
Table definitions
- Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3), remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 GB.
- Disk throughput is measured in input/output operations per second (IOPS) and MBps where MBps = 10^6 bytes/sec.
- IOPS/MBps listed here refer to uncached mode for data disks.
- To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see Virtual machine and disk performance.
- IOPS spec is defined using common small random block sizes like 4KiB or 8KiB. Maximum IOPS is defined as "up-to" and measured using 4KiB random reads workloads.
- TPUT spec is defined using common large sequential block sizes like 128KiB or 1024KiB. Maximum TPUT is defined as "up-to" and measured using 128KiB sequential reads workloads.
Accelerator (GPUs, FPGAs, etc.) info for each size
Note
No accelerators are present in this series.
List of all available sizes: Sizes
Pricing Calculator: Pricing Calculator
Information on Disk Types: Disk Types
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