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Will VM cost increases if I place it in three different Availability zones?
Will VM cost increases if I place it in three different Availability zones?
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- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/availability-zones/az-overview?context=%2Fazure%2Fvirtual-machines%2Fcontext%2Fcontext you can place yoru VM only in one zone.. that will not increase your costs directly.. example: if you have an applications that is spread over 2 VMs than you could place one VM in zone 1 and the second VM in Zone 2.. in this case you have t pay for your vms (cpu, ram, disk) https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/bandwidth/ > starting July 2023 Data Transfer between zones will be calculated wit 0.011 € per GB (ingress and egress)
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Yes, the cost in be increased but better protection:
Availability options for Azure Virtual Machines - Azure Virtual Machines | Microsoft Learn
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/availability-zones/az-overview?context=%2Fazure%2Fvirtual-machines%2Fcontext%2Fcontext you can place yoru VM only in one zone.. that will not increase your costs directly.. example: if you have an applications that is spread over 2 VMs than you could place one VM in zone 1 and the second VM in Zone 2.. in this case you have t pay for your vms (cpu, ram, disk) https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/bandwidth/ > starting July 2023 Data Transfer between zones will be calculated wit 0.011 € per GB (ingress and egress)
