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The solution pools all the storage resources together, leaving no resources stranded.
There are three basic types of storage capacity:
Storage | Raw capacity per SDS instance | Max data disks | Use case |
Premium Managed Disk | 32 | Data is persistent during planned or unplanned shutdowns. | |
NVMe SSD | 32 | Extreme performance. Data does not persist following either a planned or unplanned shutdown. A backup solution is recommended. |
Raw Instance Storage (GB) | Instance used | Underlying storage media | Recommended Min raw capacity per cluster | Max IOPs / instance |
5TB | Premium SSD V2 | 25 TB | 76.8 K | |
10TB | Premium SSD V2 | 50 TB | 76.8 K | |
20TB | Premium SSD V2 | 100 TB | 76.8 K | |
40TB | Premium SSD V2 | 200 TB | 76.8 K | |
7.68TB | Local NVMe SSD | 38.4 TB | 1.5 M | |
15.36TB | Local NVMe SSD | 76.8 TB | 2.9 M |
Note: Max IOPS based on data provided by Microsoft Azure