Microsoft has launched a new GS-series in its G lineup of virtual machines in response to increase customer demand for the ability to run massive database workloads that require premium storage options.
The new virtual machines will offer storage of up to 64TB along with 2,000 MBs of throughput to the backend storage. They are based on the original G-series of virtual machines, which are build as the most powerful VMs on Azure, which are used by customers to run databases that include Microsoft MySQL and SQL Server including MongoDB, a NoSQL database.
"GS-series are ideal for applications that are both compute and storage intensive," wrote Corey Sanders, Director of Program Management of Microsoft Azure, in a blog post. "Relational databases like SQL Server and my SQL, NoSQL databases like MongoDB, and data warehouses can all have significant performance gains when run on GS-series."
According to Sanders, the G-series have doubled in use during the last three months. He also noted how data warehouses and databases can take advantage of the new VMs.
There are five VMs in the GS-series. The Standard_GS1 is a starter size that features a pair of virtual CPUs, 26GB of memory, 5,000 IOPS storage performance rating and a maximum of 125MB for every second in disk bandwidth. On the other end of the spectrum is Standard_GS5, which has the ability to support up to 32 virtual CPUs. It also features a mammoth memory of 448GB.
Microsoft also announced a price drop for its D-Series and DS-Series VMs, which are meant to cater to businesses that do not need such huge cloud computing capacity.
"We're reducing the prices on D-series and DS-series instances by as much as 27 percent," said Sanders.
Users should take note that the price changes in the D-series will begin to take effect on Oct.1.
The GS-Series VMs are currently available in three Azure regions across the globe. These include West Europe, West U.S. and East U.S 2.
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