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Vybava_Ramadoss
Microsoft
Jun 04, 2018Standard SSD Disks for Azure Virtual Machines is now in public preview
We are excited to announce the public preview of Azure Standard SSD Managed Disks, a new type of durable storage for Azure Virtual Machines. Standard SSDs are optimized for workloads that need consis...
John Sutton
Jun 17, 2018Copper Contributor
Hi what are the key differences between standard and premium SSD, is it mainly latency?
Regards
John
Regards
John
Vybava_Ramadoss
Microsoft
Jun 18, 2018Hi John, Premium SSD works well for I/O-intensive applications, where low latency and high throughput are critical. Please see our blog for different workload types that suite each Disk type.