{"id":2275,"date":"2016-09-19T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T16:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2016-09-19T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T16:00:59","slug":"azure-government-adding-f-series-vms-to-usgov-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/azure-government-adding-f-series-vms-to-usgov-iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"Azure Government adding F-Series VMs to USGov Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are announcing the addition of the F-Series VMs to Azure Government\u2019s USGov Iowa datacenter. As noted in the initial release of F-Series VMs in Azure, these VMs have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the same CPU performance as the Dv2-Series of VMs with 2GB of memory per CPU core at a lower per-hour price.<\/li>\n<li>the best value in a price-performance position in Azure based on the list price of F-Series divided by the Azure Compute Unit (ACU) per core.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any workload which does not need as much memory or local SSD per CPU core will benefit from the value of the F-Series VMs. Due to the price-performance value, these VMs are an ideal choice for web servers, and batch processing. At the time of this posting, F series is only available in standard.<\/p>\n<p>Standard storage optimized F-Series sizes<\/p>\n<table class=\"table table-bordered table-condensed table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Size<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>CPU Cores<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>Memory<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>Temporary Disk (SSD)<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>Max Network Bandwidth<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Standard_F1<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>1<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>2 GB<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>16 GB<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>moderate<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Standard_F2<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>2<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>4 GB<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>32 GB<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>high<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Standard_F4<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>4<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>8 GB<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>64 GB<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>high<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Standard_F8<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>8<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>16 GB<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>128 GB<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>high<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Standard_F16<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>16<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>32 GB<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>256 GB<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span>very high<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span>We will provides updates\u00a0in the\u00a0blog when F-series becomes <\/span><span>available<\/span> <span>in additional datacenters.<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>We welcome your comments and suggestions to help us improve your Azure Government experience. To stay up to date on all things Azure Government, be sure to subscribe to our <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/feed\/\"><span><span>RSS feed<\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span> and to receive emails by clicking \u201cSubscribe by Email!\u201d on the <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/azuregov\/\"><span><span>Azure Government Blog<\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span>. To experience the power of Azure Government for your organization, sign up for an <\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/azuregov.microsoft.com\/trial\/azuregovtrial\"><span><span>Azure Government Trial<\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are announcing the addition of the F-Series VMs to Azure Government\u2019s USGov Iowa datacenter. 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