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# Microsoft Azure
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RAPIDS can be deployed on Microsoft Azure in several ways. Azure supports various kinds of GPU VMs for different needs.
For RAPIDS users we recommend NC/ND VMs for computation and deep learning optimized instances.
NC (>=v3) series
| Size | vCPU | Memory: GiB | Temp Storage (with NVMe) : GiB | GPU | GPU Memory: GiB | Max data disks | Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps | Max NICs/network bandwidth (MBps) |
| ------------------------ | ---- | ----------- | ------------------------------ | --- | --------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Standard_ND96isr_H100_v5 | 96 | 1900 | 1000 | 8 | 80 | 32 | 40800/612 | 8/80,000 |
| Standard_NC24ads_A100_v4 | 24 | 220 | 1123 | 1 | 80 | 12 | 30000/1000 | 2/20,000 |
| Standard_NC48ads_A100_v4 | 48 | 440 | 2246 | 2 | 160 | 24 | 60000/2000 | 4/40,000 |
| Standard_NC96ads_A100_v4 | 96 | 880 | 4492 | 4 | 320 | 32 | 120000/4000 | 8/80,000 |
| Standard_NC4as_T4_v3 | 4 | 28 | 180 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 2 / 8000 | |
| Standard_NC8as_T4_v3 | 8 | 56 | 360 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 4 / 8000 | |
| Standard_NC16as_T4_v3 | 16 | 110 | 360 | 1 | 16 | 32 | 8 / 8000 | |
| Standard_NC64as_T4_v3 | 64 | 440 | 2880 | 4 | 64 | 32 | 8 / 32000 | |
| Standard_NC6s_v3 | 6 | 112 | 736 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 20000/200 | 4 |
| Standard_NC12s_v3 | 12 | 224 | 1474 | 2 | 32 | 24 | 40000/400 | 8 |
| Standard_NC24s_v3 | 24 | 448 | 2948 | 4 | 64 | 32 | 80000/800 | 8 |
| Standard_NC24rs_v3\* | 24 | 448 | 2948 | 4 | 64 | 32 | 80000/800 | 8 |
\* RDMA capable
ND (>=v2) series
| Size | vCPU | Memory: GiB | Temp Storage (with NVMe) : GiB | GPU | GPU Memory: GiB | Max data disks | Max uncached disk throughput: IOPS / MBps | Max NICs/network bandwidth (MBps) |
| ------------------------- | ---- | ----------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------ | --------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Standard_ND96asr_v4 | 96 | 900 | 6000 | 8 A100 40 GB GPUs (NVLink 3.0) | 40 | 32 | 80,000 / 800 | 8/24,000 |
| Standard_ND96amsr_A100_v4 | 96 | 1900 | 6400 | 8 A100 80 GB GPUs (NVLink 3.0) | 80 | 32 | 80,000 / 800 | 8/24,000 |
| Standard_ND40rs_v2 | 40 | 672 | 2948 | 8 V100 32 GB (NVLink) | 32 | 32 | 80,000 / 800 | 8/24,000 |
## Useful Links
- [GPU VM availability by region](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/explore/global-infrastructure/products-by-region/?products=virtual-machines)
- [For GPU VM sizes overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes-gpu)
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