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Copper Contributor

Feb 02, 2018

VM's and Temp Storage

I see lots of offerings that vary for VM size and Temporary storage. What is this storage used for, and Why would I care how much, or how little is offered?

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Pablo R. Ortiz

Iron Contributor

Feb 02, 2018

Temporary storage is used to store the page file, which in term is used for backing your system

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/about-disks-and-vhds#disks-used-by-vms

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askperf/2007/12/14/what-is-the-page-file-for-anyway/