Authored by Misha Bansal, Product Manager, Azure Compute
We are excited to announce the public preview of the new Azure Ebsv6 and Ebdsv6 Virtual Machines, powered by 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) processors. These VMs deliver significantly higher remote storage performance, scaling up to 800,000 IOPS and 14 Gbps of remote disk throughput featured by Azure Boost which is designed to accelerate storage and networking capabilities.
The Ebsv6 VMs are purpose-built for memory-intensive workloads, including relational database servers, large-scale data warehousing, and advanced analytics. This generation delivers up to 2× higher remote storage performance compared to Ebsv5, enabling greater workload consolidation and efficiency. With an NVMe interface for both local and remote disks, these VMs provide fast, low-latency storage access. The VM series also offers flexible configurations, with options for local SSD across multiple VM sizes.
Key feature improvements compared to the previous generation Ebsv5 Intel based VMs including:
- Up to 15-30% better CPU performance, powered by the 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) processor
- Up to 192 vCPU and 1832 GiB memory
- Azure Boost which enables up to:
- 800K IOPS and 14GB/s remote storage throughput with Premium v2 and Ultra Disk support
- 15% higher remote storage performance per vCPU with up to 6600 IOPS/vCPU
- 10% higher remote storage throughput per vCPU
- Increased networking bandwidth, up to 200Gbps
- Enhanced security through Total Memory Encryption (Intel® TME) technology
In today’s data-driven world, organizations need to process, analyze, and extract insights from massive datasets quickly and efficiently. Workloads such as OLTP and OLAP, which power real-time transactions and analytics, demand high-performance compute and storage. Azure Ebsv6 VMs are built to meet these challenges by delivering fast, low-latency storage and flexible configurations to support demanding applications.
Ebsv6 & Ebdsv6 Series VM Spec Summary:
| VM Series | vCPU | Memory (GiB) | Uncached Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 IOPS | Uncached Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 Throughput (MB/s) |
| Ebsv6/Ebdsv6 | 2 - 192 | 16 - 1832 | 13200 - 800000 | 330 - 14000 |
For local temp disk options, please refer to the Ebdsv6 page for full specifications. Whether you choose a VM with a local temp disk or not, you can attach remote persistent disk such as Premium Disk v1, Premium Disk v2, or Ultra Disks to the VMs.
Getting Started:
These VMs are available for Public Preview in the US East region. To request access to the preview, please fill out this survey.
You can learn more here:
Have questions? Please reach us at Azure Support and our experts will be there to help you with your Azure journey.
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