If you need more ‘grunt’ for you virtual machine (maybe to do bitcoin mining) Microsoft has announced the availability of its G series of virtual machine through Azure.
Here are the configurations:
|
VM Size |
Cores |
RAM (GB) |
Local SSD |
Persistent Data Disks Max |
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Standard_G1 |
2 |
28 |
412 |
4 |
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Standard_G2 |
4 |
56 |
824 |
8 |
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Standard_G3 |
8 |
112 |
1,649 |
16 |
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Standard_G4 |
16 |
224 |
3,298 |
32 |
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Standard_G5 |
32 |
448 |
6,596 |
64 |
These G series machines are available in the West US region and are not cheap, but then neither is a bitcoin!
CIAOPS 