Microsoft Azure D48AS V4 Virtual Machines
Microsoft Azure D48AS V4 Virtual Machines provide scalable, high-performance compute resources designed for demanding workloads, ensuring your critical applications run efficiently.
- Scalable Compute: Access flexible virtual machine instances that can be scaled up or down to meet fluctuating business demands.
- High Performance: Coverage for demanding workloads like large databases, in-memory analytics, and high-performance computing.
- Cost Efficiency: Protection against overprovisioning by paying only for the resources consumed, optimizing IT spend.
- Reliable Infrastructure: Entitlement to a globally distributed, resilient cloud platform designed for business continuity.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Microsoft Azure D48AS V4 Virtual Machines are part of a series optimized for memory-intensive workloads, offering a balance of compute, memory, and storage. These VMs are ideal for applications requiring significant RAM, such as large relational database servers, in-memory analytics, and caching services, ensuring your business-critical applications perform at their peak.
These virtual machines are designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies who need to deploy and manage powerful applications without the overhead of physical hardware. They fit into cloud-based or hybrid IT environments, providing a flexible and scalable foundation for diverse business operations.
- Optimized for Memory-Intensive Workloads: Designed for applications that require substantial RAM, such as large databases and analytics.
- Flexible Scaling: Easily adjust compute and memory resources to match application performance needs and cost objectives.
- Global Availability: Deploy workloads in Azure regions worldwide for low latency and high availability.
- Pay-as-you-go Pricing: Optimize costs by paying only for the compute resources you consume.
- Enhanced Security: Benefit from Azure's built-in security features and compliance certifications.
Azure D48AS V4 Virtual Machines offer SMB and mid-market teams enterprise-grade performance and scalability, simplifying complex IT infrastructure management.
What This Enables
Deploying Large Relational Databases
Enable teams to host and manage large relational databases that require substantial memory for optimal performance. Streamline database operations and ensure rapid data retrieval for business intelligence and transactional systems.
cloud-native applications, hybrid cloud deployments, data-intensive operations, mission-critical systems
Running In-Memory Analytics
Streamline the execution of complex in-memory analytics workloads that demand high memory bandwidth and capacity. Automate the processing of large datasets for real-time insights and faster decision-making.
business intelligence platforms, data warehousing, real-time reporting, performance analytics
Hosting Memory-Intensive Applications
Enable teams to deploy and scale applications that are inherently memory-bound, such as caching servers or certain ERP systems. Ensure consistent application availability and responsiveness for end-users.
enterprise resource planning, application hosting, backend services, distributed systems
Key Features
DDR4 Memory
Provides high throughput and low latency for memory-intensive applications, improving overall system responsiveness.
Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 Processors
Delivers robust processing power for demanding computational tasks, ensuring efficient execution of complex workloads.
Azure Premium SSD Storage
Offers fast, low-latency storage for critical applications and databases, enhancing data access speeds.
Scalable Resource Allocation
Allows businesses to easily adjust compute and memory resources to match evolving application needs and budget constraints.
Global Azure Network
Ensures high availability and disaster recovery capabilities by leveraging Microsoft's worldwide data center infrastructure.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial services firms rely on high-performance computing for real-time trading, risk analysis, and large-scale data processing, often requiring significant memory capacity to meet strict performance and compliance SLAs.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations utilize memory-intensive VMs for managing large patient databases, running complex genomic sequencing, and supporting advanced medical imaging analysis, all of which demand substantial RAM and processing power.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers use these VMs for running sophisticated ERP systems, managing large datasets for IoT analytics, and executing complex simulations for product design and optimization, requiring robust memory resources.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies often handle vast amounts of data for e-discovery, case management, and complex document analysis, benefiting from the memory capacity for faster processing and retrieval.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the D48AS V4 series optimized for?
The D48AS V4 series is optimized for memory-intensive workloads. This includes applications like large relational database servers, in-memory analytics, and caching services that require significant amounts of RAM to perform efficiently.
What is the billing model for these virtual machines?
These virtual machines are offered on a subscription basis, typically with a pay-as-you-go model. This allows businesses to pay only for the compute resources they consume, providing cost flexibility.
Can these VMs be used for general-purpose computing?
While they can be used for general-purpose computing, their primary strength and cost-effectiveness lie in memory-intensive workloads. For less demanding tasks, other Azure VM series might be more suitable.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
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