Standard_A6 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
28.0 GB
Extra
1x 285 GB N/A

200GB No cache Standard LRS

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Read Write
Max 506 505
Average 503 500
Deviation 7.21 12.36
Min 464 449

Standard_A6 local disk

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Read Write
Max 30173 567
Average 28966 433
Deviation 631.73 130.14
Min 27955 150


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