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Copper Contributor

Feb 09, 2020

Reduce cost on VM for Azure data explorer

I have been looking for some way to control cost of dev subscription which we have been using. When it comes to cost the major one which stands out is virtual machine The service adding vi...

UriBarash

Microsoft

Feb 12, 2020

Hellozainuvk ,

You are using the minimal SKU (1 D11 and 1 D1) for operating a database for dev/test purposes.

For development and test (not performance tests), you should probably be able to turn it off and on (stop/start) when you are not using it, to reduce costs.

If you share a bit more about your scenario we will be able to provide a more accurate advice.

Thanks

Uri

zainuvk

Copper Contributor

Mar 01, 2020

UriBarash

Thanks for the help. Sorry was away for few days so couldn't reply.My use case is for saving IoT data and am trying something like this explained here https://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Internet-of-Things-Show/Azure-Data-Explorer-for-IoT-Data-Analytics.

I am seeing a strange issue here. As requested to save cost when not using Azure data explorer I did stop it but now after 2 weeks upon checking portal to my dismay couldn't locate the kusto server.Looks like it is dropped .The last event which I could track from ActivityLog is of clusters being stopped which was definitely from my side .

Screenshot from Portal

Is there a way I can get it back again as there are few tables and ingestion rules which are needed.

Regards,

Zainu

UriBarash
Microsoft
Mar 01, 2020
Hi zainuvk , please do open a support request from the portal. Best is that we track this issue and it gets investigates properly. Thanks!