Go Big with the New Azure G-Series Virtual Machines
The new G-Series VM’s in Azure are big.. They provide a lot more memory and increased SSD storage than before. They also employ the latest Intel Xeon E5 v3 family of processors for increased performance.
Here are the new G-Series VM sizes:
| Size | Cores | RAM (GB) | SSD Storage (GB) | Persistent Data Disks (Max) |
| Standard_G1 | 2 | 28 | 412 | 4 |
| Standard_G2 | 4 | 56 | 824 | 8 |
| Standard_G3 | 8 | 112 | 1,649 | 16 |
| Standard_G4 | 16 | 224 | 3,298 | 32 |
| Standard_G5 | 32 | 448 | 6,596 | 64 |
If you want to play around with these in dev/test, go ahead. But shut them down when you don’t need them to avoid overage charges!
For more information on all the available Azure VMs, go here.
Go big or go home!