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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 | 2026-10-26T17:43:45.378593 |
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 |
| ACCELERATORS | |
|---|---|
Accelerator Count | 0 |
Accelerator Memory Min | 0 MiB |
Accelerator Memory Total | 0 MiB |
Accelerators |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 516 GB |
Storage Type | ssd |
Storages |
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| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
Server Description
An x86_64 memory-intensive server configuration featuring twelve dedicated cores, a high memory-to-CPU ratio, and local solid-state storage.
Microsoft Azure FX12mds is an x86_64 memory-optimized server within the FXMDVS family, running on the Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor. It features 12 dedicated vCPUs powered by an Intel processor and is configured with 252.0 GB of RAM, providing a high memory-to-core ratio of 21.0 GB per vCPU. Storage is supported by a 516 GB local SSD, and the instance is Premium Storage capable for external disk expansion. This server does not include integrated GPUs or complimentary public IPv4 addresses. The high memory-to-CPU ratio makes this instance suitable for memory-intensive applications, such as in-memory databases, caching systems, and enterprise workloads requiring large memory footprints relative to compute resources.
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| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | Accelerators |
|---|---|---|---|
| FX4mds | 4 | 84 GiB | 0 |
| FX24mds | 24 | 504 GiB | 0 |
| FX36mds | 36 | 756 GiB | 0 |
| FX48mds | 48 | 1008 GiB | 0 |
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