Standard_A3 by Microsoft Azure


I/O rate testing are conducted with local and block storages attached to the instance. We use the well-known open-source tool FIO. To express IOPS the following parameters are used:

  • 4K block
  • Random access
  • No filesystem (except for write access with root volume)
  • Avoidance of cache and buffer
Specifications:
CPU
4
RAM
7.0 GB
Extra
1x 285 GB N/A

200GB No cache Standard LRS

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Average 503 500
Deviation 6.13 13.26
Min 465 434

Standard_A3 local disk

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Average 28935 432
Deviation 668.80 129.92
Min 27994 140


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