Although the absolute maximum number of data disks that can be attached to a virtual machine is 64, the type and size of a virtual machine dictates the maximum number of data disks that can be attached, as summarized here:
- General-purpose:
- A, B, and Dseries VM
- 2-64datadisks
- Compute-optimized:
- Fseries VM
- 4-64data disks
- Memory-optimized:
- D, E, G, and M Series VM
- 4-64data disks
- Storage-optimized:
- Lseries VM
- 16-64data disks
- GPU:
- Nseries VM
- 12-64data disks
- High-performance:
- A and Hseries VM
- 32-64data disks
Get Azure PowerShell Quick Start Guide now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
