Recommended VM Types

Vertica supports a range of Microsoft Azure virtual machine (VM) types, each optimized for different purposes. Choose the VM type that best matches your performance and price needs as a user.

For the best performance in most common scenarios, use one of the following VMs:

Optimization	Type
Memory optimzed	DS13_V2 DS14_V2 DS15_V2
High memory and I/O throughput   Note: The GS VMs are not available in all regions. Nor are they available on the Azure Marketplace, but you can use them by following the manual deployment steps described in Deploy Vertica on Azure: Manual Steps.	GS3 GS4 GS5