AZ 900 - Azure Virtual Machines

Azure Virtual Machines - 20 Cards

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Azure Virtual Machines

Rent virtual servers in Azure

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Choose OS and Software

VM Family

Choose right hardware family

VM Size

Choose right quantity of hardware

Disks

Attach virtual disks to VMs

Virtual Machine Scale Sets

Simplify creation and management of multiple VMs

Static IP Address

Assign a fixed IP address to your VM

Azure Monitoring

Monitor Azure VMs

Dedicated Hosts

Physical servers for one customer

Azure Spot instances

Cheaper, temporary instances for non critical workloads

Reserved VM Instances

Reserve compute instances ahead of time

Availability

Are Applications available when users need them?
(Availability Sets, Scale Sets, Multiple AZs and Regions)

Scalability

Handle growth in users/traffic/data without performance drop.
(VM Size, Scale Sets, Load Balancers)

Resilience

System provides acceptable behavior when parts fail
(Scale Sets, Load Balancers)

Geo-distribution

Distribute apps across regions and zones
(Scale Sets, Load Balancers)

Disaster Recovery

Keep systems running in face of disasters
(Site Recovery)

Keeping Costs Low

Auto Scaling, Reservations, Spot Instances

Vertical Scaling

Deploying application/database to a bigger instance

Horizontal Scaling

Deploying multiple instances of application/database

Horizontal Scaling Advantages

Increases availability