FX12mds by Microsoft Azure
(All-cores)
(Single-core)
Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | azure |
Server ID | Standard_FX12mds |
Name | FX12mds |
API Reference | Standard_FX12mds |
Description | FXMDVS family [Memory Intensive] [Local Disk] [Premium Storage capable] [Intel processor] 12 vCPUs |
Family | FXMDVS |
Hw Virt | - |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-07-28T06:38:57.932422 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
East US (US) / eastus | 0.2062 USD/h | 1.116 USD/h |
East US 2 (US) / eastus2 | 0.2062 USD/h | 1.116 USD/h |
West US 2 (US) / westus2 | 0.2062 USD/h | 1.116 USD/h |
Canada Central (CA) / canadacentral | 0.2129 USD/h | 1.152 USD/h |
Canada East (CA) / canadaeast | 0.2129 USD/h | 1.152 USD/h |
Central India (IN) / centralindia | 0.2173 USD/h | 1.176 USD/h |
North Europe (IE) / northeurope | 0.2306 USD/h | 1.248 USD/h |
West US 3 (US) / westus3 | 0.234 USD/h | 1.266 USD/h |
UK South (GB) / uksouth | 0.2439 USD/h | 1.32 USD/h |
South Central US (US) / southcentralus | 0.2474 USD/h | 1.339 USD/h |
Germany West Central (DE) / germanywestcentral | 0.2495 USD/h | 1.35 USD/h |
Korea Central (KR) / koreacentral | 0.2495 USD/h | 1.35 USD/h |
West Europe (NL) / westeurope | 0.2495 USD/h | 1.35 USD/h |
Australia East (AU) / australiaeast | 0.2506 USD/h | 1.356 USD/h |
Southeast Asia (SG) / southeastasia | 0.2506 USD/h | 1.356 USD/h |
Japan East (JP) / japaneast | 0.2517 USD/h | 1.362 USD/h |
Brazil South (BR) / brazilsouth | 0.3082 USD/h | 1.668 USD/h |
Brazil Southeast (US) / brazilsoutheast | 0.4006 USD/h | 2.168 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 12 |
Hypervisor | Microsoft Hyper-V |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 252 GiB |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 516 GB |
Storages |
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| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
Server Description
A memory-intensive server featuring high RAM-to-vCPU density and local storage for demanding database and caching workloads.
Microsoft Azure FX12mds is an x86_64 architecture server within the FXMDVS family, virtualized using Microsoft Hyper-V. It features 12 dedicated vCPUs powered by an Intel processor and is equipped with 252.0 GB of system memory, establishing a high memory-to-vCPU ratio of 21.0 GB per core. The server includes 516 GB of local storage and supports Premium Storage, though it lacks integrated GPUs and complimentary public IPv4 addresses. This hardware profile trades off high parallel compute core counts for massive memory capacity, offering qualitative cost efficiency for memory-bound applications. The FX12mds is designed for memory-intensive workloads, including in-memory databases, large-scale caching layers, and enterprise database management systems.
Economics
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