Windows Azure Virtual Machines

1. IaaS: Virtual Machines
Pavlo Revenkov
EPAM Cloud Computing Competency Center
Email: pavlo_revenkov@epam.com
Skype: rp_risingstar

2. 2Application deployment

3. WCF-service
Windows-
service
Web
application
PHP
ASP.NET
Java
Windows
Linux
Virtual
Machines
Web-sites Cloud services
Application deployment 3

4. 4Virtual Machines
VHD images:
• Hyper-V images support
• Can be created on-premises as well as in the cloud
Gallery of predefined images:
• Windows, Linux
Licenses:
• Windows Server 2008/2012 license is included
• SQL Server 2012 license is included
• License mobility program
Configuration:
• Windows Azure Management Portal
• REST API
• PowerShell scripts

5. Size CPU cores Memory, GB
Temporary
disk size, GB
IOPS
(per one disk)
Attached disks
Extra small (A0) Shared 0,768 20 1x500 1
Small (A1) 1 1,75 70 2x500 2
Medium (A2) 2 3,5 135 4x500 4
Large (A3) 4 7 285 8x500 8
Extra large (A4) 8 14 605 16x500 16
A5 2 14 135 4x500 4
A6 4 28 285 8x500 8
A7 8 56 605 16x500 16
5Shapes
Data disks are stored in Windows Azure Blob storage:
• 1 TB - maximum data disk size.

6. SLA 99,9 %
Virtual Machine
SQL server
Availability Set
SLA 99,95 %
Virtual Machine
SQL server
(primary)
Virtual Machine
SQL server
(secondary)
Availability
Downtime per
year
Downtime per
month
Downtime per
week
99,9 % 8,76 hours 43,8 minutes 10,1 minutes
99,95 % 4,38 hours 21,56 minutes 5,04 minutes
6Service Level Agreement

7. Domain #1
Virtual Machine
SQL server
Virtual Machine
IIS
Domain #2
Virtual Machine
SQL server
Virtual Machine
IIS
Availability set
Availability set
7Fault/Update domains

8. 8Storage
At least 2 main disks:
• Each virtual machine contains at least 2 disks:
• OS Disk
• Temporary
• Attached disks count depends on virtual machine size
Virtual Machine disks:
• C: - OS disk
• D: - Physical server disk (temporary)
• E: F: … - Data disks

9. Demo 9

10. References
How to create a Virtual Machine:
 windowsazure.com/en-us/develop/net/tutorials/windows-virtual-machine/
License Mobility through Software Assurance:
 windowsazure.com/en-us/pricing/license-mobility/
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11. Questions? 11