New SSD based Azure Cloud Services announced perfect for Virtual Machines and Cloud Services
The new D instances have solid-state disk (SSD)-based local drives and faster processors relative to many of the A-series instances.
The D-series instances can be used as VMs, as well as web or worker roles in Cloud Services, and are well suited for applications that demand faster CPU performance, local disk performance, or higher memories. Please note that the SSD drives in the D-series are non-persistent.
Following are the CPU, memory, and disk configurations of the D-series instances:
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