FX4mds by Microsoft Azure
(All-cores)
(Single-core)
Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | azure |
Server ID | Standard_FX4mds |
Name | FX4mds |
API Reference | Standard_FX4mds |
Description | FXMDVS family [Memory Intensive] [Local Disk] [Premium Storage capable] [Intel processor] 4 vCPUs |
Family | FXMDVS |
Hw Virt | - |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-07-28T18:58:35.277901 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
East US (US) / eastus | 0.0687 USD/h | 0.372 USD/h |
East US 2 (US) / eastus2 | 0.0687 USD/h | 0.372 USD/h |
West US 2 (US) / westus2 | 0.0687 USD/h | 0.372 USD/h |
Canada Central (CA) / canadacentral | 0.071 USD/h | 0.384 USD/h |
Canada East (CA) / canadaeast | 0.071 USD/h | 0.384 USD/h |
Central India (IN) / centralindia | 0.0724 USD/h | 0.392 USD/h |
North Europe (IE) / northeurope | 0.0769 USD/h | 0.416 USD/h |
West US 3 (US) / westus3 | 0.078 USD/h | 0.422 USD/h |
UK South (GB) / uksouth | 0.0813 USD/h | 0.44 USD/h |
South Central US (US) / southcentralus | 0.0824 USD/h | 0.446 USD/h |
Germany West Central (DE) / germanywestcentral | 0.0832 USD/h | 0.45 USD/h |
Korea Central (KR) / koreacentral | 0.0832 USD/h | 0.45 USD/h |
West Europe (NL) / westeurope | 0.0832 USD/h | 0.45 USD/h |
Australia East (AU) / australiaeast | 0.0835 USD/h | 0.452 USD/h |
Southeast Asia (SG) / southeastasia | 0.0835 USD/h | 0.452 USD/h |
Japan East (JP) / japaneast | 0.0839 USD/h | 0.454 USD/h |
Brazil South (BR) / brazilsouth | 0.1027 USD/h | 0.556 USD/h |
Brazil Southeast (US) / brazilsoutheast | 0.1336 USD/h | 0.723 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 4 |
Hypervisor | Microsoft Hyper-V |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Architecture | x86_64 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 84 GiB |
| GPU | |
|---|---|
GPU Count | 0 |
GPU Memory Min | 0 MiB |
GPU Memory Total | 0 MiB |
GPUs |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 172 GB |
Storages |
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| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
Server Description
A memory-intensive virtual server featuring high RAM-to-core density and local storage for demanding database and caching workloads.
Microsoft Azure FX4mds is an x86_64 architecture virtual machine within the FXMDVS server family, running on the Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisor. It features 4 dedicated vCPUs powered by an Intel processor and is equipped with 84.0 GB of system memory, providing a high ratio of 21.0 GB of RAM per core. The server includes 172 GB of local disk storage and supports premium storage configurations, though it lacks dedicated GPU hardware and complimentary public IPv4 addresses. Designed for memory-intensive workloads, the FX4mds provides high memory density relative to its compute capacity. This hardware profile is suited for database hosting, in-memory caching, and enterprise applications that require substantial memory capacity without requiring a high number of processing cores.
Economics
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| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| FX12mds | 12 | 252 GiB | 0 |
| FX24mds | 24 | 504 GiB | 0 |
| FX36mds | 36 | 756 GiB | 0 |
| FX48mds | 48 | 1008 GiB | 0 |
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