Two new compute-intensive instances on Windows Azure
by Shijaz Abdulla on 01.02.2014 at 14:49Two new compute-intensive virtual machine instances have been added on Windows Azure over the weekend.
| Cloud Services A8 | 8 virtual cores, 56 GB memory |
$ 2.45 per hour |
| Cloud Services A9 | 16 virtual cores, 112GB memory |
$ 4.90 per hour |
A8 and A9 belong to a new category of instances called compute-intensive instances that provide faster processors and more virtual cores for higher compute power, larger amounts of memory, and a 40 Gbit/s InfiniBand network that includes remote direct memory access (RDMA) technology for maximum efficiency of parallel Message Passing Interface (MPI) applications.
Compute-intensive instances are optimal for running compute and network-intensive applications such as high-performance cluster applications, applications using modeling, simulation and analysis, and video encoding. Please consider using the new A8 and A9 instances for running your compute and network-intensive applications.