Azure Adds E128 and E192 VM Sizes to Memory‑Optimized ESV6/EDSV6 Series -- Redmondmag.com

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Azure Adds E128 and E192 VM Sizes to Memory‑Optimized ESV6/EDSV6 Series

Microsoft has launched two new VM sizes -- E128 and E192 -- in the Azure Esv6 and Edsv6 families, now generally available in select regions as of August 1, 2025. These new instances use the 5th‑Gen Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C ("Emerald Rapids") processor and support both diskless and NVMe‑backed disk configurations. They offer up to 192 vCPUs, 1,832 GiB of memory, 200 Gbps network bandwidth, and Intel Total Memory Encryption (TME) for enhanced data protection..

These VMs deliver up to 30 percent better performance than the earlier Ev5 generation and triple the IOPS on local NVMe storage for low‑latency, memory‑intensive workloads such as in‑memory analytics, large OLTP/OLAP database systems, and caching layers, according to the company.

These sizes are now available in regions such as East US, West US 3, West Europe, Canada Central, Japan East, Australia East, and others. More regions will be added later in 2025.

Posted by Redmondmag.com Editors on 08/04/2025

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