HC-series Virtual Machine (VM)s are built for heavy computing tasks. They handle jobs like analyzing complex structures, studying how molecules behave, and running advanced chemistry simulations. HC VMs feature 44 Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 processor cores, 8 GB of RAM per CPU core, and no hyperthreading. Intel Xeon Platinum processors work with Intel’s software tools, including the Intel Math Kernel Library. They also support advanced vector processing features like AVX-512 for faster calculations.
HC-series VMs feature 100 Gb/sec Mellanox EDR InfiniBand. These VMs are connected in a nonblocking fat tree for optimized and consistent RDMA performance. These VMs also supports Adaptive Routing and Dynamic Connected Transport (DCT), along with standard Reliable Connection (RC) and Unreliable Datagram (UD) transports. These features enhance application performance, scalability, and consistency, and their usage is recommended.
Host specifications
| Part |
Quantity
Count Units |
Specs
SKU ID, Performance Units, etc. |
| Processor |
32 - 44 vCPUs |
Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 (Skylake) [x86-64] |
| L3 Cache |
60.5 MB |
|
| Memory |
352 GB |
190 GB/s |
| Local Storage |
1 Disk |
700 GiB |
| Remote Storage |
4 Disks |
|
| Network |
8 vNICs
1 InfiniBand EDR NIC |
40 Gb/s
100 Gb/s |
| Accelerators |
None |
|
Feature support
Premium Storage: Supported
Premium Storage caching: Supported
Live Migration: Not Supported
Memory Preserving Updates: Not Supported
Generation 2 VMs: Supported
Generation 1 VMs: Supported
Accelerated Networking: Supported
Ephemeral OS Disk: Supported
Nested Virtualization: Not Supported
Backend Network: InfiniBand EDR
Sizes in series
vCPUs (Qty.) and Memory for each size
| Size Name |
vCPUs (Qty.) |
Memory (GB) |
L3 Cache (MB) |
Memory Bandwidth (GB/s) |
Base CPU Frequency (GHz) |
Single-core Frequency Peak (GHz) |
All-core Frequency Peak (GHz) |
| Standard_HC44rs |
44 |
352 |
60.5 |
191 |
2.7 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
| Standard_HC44-16rs |
16 |
352 |
60.5 |
191 |
2.7 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
| Standard_HC44-32rs |
32 |
352 |
60.5 |
191 |
2.7 |
3.7 |
3.4 |
VM Basics resources
Local (temp) storage info for each size
| Size Name |
Max Temp Storage Disks (Qty.) |
Temp Disk Size (GiB) |
| Standard_HC44rs |
1 |
700 |
| Standard_HC44-16rs |
1 |
700 |
| Standard_HC44-32rs |
1 |
700 |
Storage resources
Table definitions
- 1Temp disk speed often differs between RR (Random Read) and RW (Random Write) operations. RR operations are typically faster than RW operations. The RW speed is usually slower than the RR speed on series where only the RR speed value is listed.
- Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 GB.
- Disk throughput is measured in input/output operations per second (IOPS) and MBps where MBps = 10^6 bytes/sec.
- To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see Virtual machine and disk performance.
Remote (uncached) storage info for each size
| Size Name |
Max Remote Storage Disks (Qty.) |
| Standard_HC44rs |
4 |
| Standard_HC44-16rs |
4 |
| Standard_HC44-32rs |
4 |
Storage resources
Table definitions
1Some sizes support bursting to temporarily increase disk performance. Burst speeds can be maintained for up to 30 minutes at a time.
Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 GB.
Disk throughput is measured in input/output operations per second (IOPS) and MBps where MBps = 10^6 bytes/sec.
Data disks can operate in cached or uncached modes. For cached data disk operation, the host cache mode is set to ReadOnly or ReadWrite. For uncached data disk operation, the host cache mode is set to None.
To learn how to get the best storage performance for your VMs, see Virtual machine and disk performance.
Network interface info for each size
| Size Name |
Max NICs (Qty.) |
Max Network Bandwidth (Mb/s) |
| Standard_HC44rs |
8 |
40000 |
| Standard_HC44-16rs |
8 |
40000 |
| Standard_HC44-32rs |
8 |
40000 |
Networking resources
Table definitions
- Expected network bandwidth is the maximum aggregated bandwidth allocated per VM type across all NICs, for all destinations. For more information, see Virtual machine network bandwidth
- Upper limits aren't guaranteed. Limits offer guidance for selecting the right VM type for the intended application. Actual network performance will depend on several factors including network congestion, application loads, and network settings. For information on optimizing network throughput, see Optimize network throughput for Azure virtual machines.
- To achieve the expected network performance on Linux or Windows, you may need to select a specific version or optimize your VM. For more information, see Bandwidth/Throughput testing (NTTTCP).
Network interface info for each size
| Size Name |
Backend NICs (Qty.) |
RDMA Performance (Gb/s) |
| Standard_HC44rs |
1 |
100 |
| Standard_HC44-16rs |
1 |
100 |
| Standard_HC44-32rs |
1 |
100 |
Backend Networking resources
Accelerator (GPUs, FPGAs, etc.) info for each size
Note
No accelerators are present in this series.
List of all available sizes: Sizes
Pricing Calculator: Pricing Calculator
Information on Disk Types: Disk Types
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