Dv2 sizes series

Note

These virtual machine sizes are in the End of Life lifecycle stage and have an announced retirement. Plan your transition to Current or Extended sizes before the retirement date, and use Current sizes for new deployments. For transition guides, see End of Life Azure VM size series. For newer sizes, see the sizes overview's list of VM size families by type.

The Dv2 and DSv2-series, a follow-on to the original D-series, feature a more powerful CPU and optimal CPU-to-memory configuration making them suitable for most production workloads. The Dv2-series is about 35% faster than the D-series. Dv2-series run on the Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids), Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake), Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake), Intel® Xeon® 8171M 2.1GHz (Skylake), Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v4 2.3 GHz (Broadwell), or the Intel® Xeon® E5-2673 v3 2.4 GHz (Haswell) processors with the Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0. The Dv2-series has the same memory and disk configurations as the D-series.

Host specifications

Part	Quantity ^{Count Units}	Specs ^{SKU ID, Performance Units, etc.}
Processor	1 - 16 vCPUs	Intel Xeon Platinum 8370C (Ice Lake) [x86-64] Intel Xeon Platinum 8272CL (Cascade Lake) [x86-64] Intel Xeon 8171M (Skylake) [x86-64] Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 (Broadwell) [x86-64] Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 (Haswell) [x86-64] Intel Xeon Platinum 8573C (Emerald Rapids) [x86-64]
Memory	3.5 - 56 GiB
Local Storage	1 Disk	50 - 800 GiB 3,000 - 48,000 IOPS 46 - 750 MBps
Remote Storage	4 - 64 Disks	4x500 - 64x500 IOPS Disk Types: Standard SDD/HDD
Network	2 - NICs	750 - 12,000 Mbps Interfaces: NetVSC, ConnectX, MANA
Accelerators	None

For features supported by this series, see the Feature support section.

Sizes in series

vCPUs (Qty.) and Memory for each size

Size Name	vCPUs (Qty.)	Memory (GiB)
Standard_D1_v2	1	3.5
Standard_D2_v2	2	7
Standard_D3_v2	4	14
Standard_D4_v2	8	28
Standard_D5_v2	16	56

VM Basics resources

Local (temp) storage info for each size

Size Name	Temp Storage Disks (Qty.)	Temp Disk Size (GiB)	Temp Disk Random Read IOPS	Temp Disk Sequential Read Throughput (MBps)	Temp Disk Sequential Write Throughput (MBps)
Standard_D1_v2	1	50	3,000	46	23
Standard_D2_v2	1	100	6,000	93	46
Standard_D3_v2	1	200	12,000	187	93
Standard_D4_v2	1	400	24,000	375	187
Standard_D5_v2	1	800	48,000	750	375

Storage resources

Table definitions

Temp disk performance depends on many factors including block size, workload patterns of read/writes, queue depth (QD), and others. Temp disk performance specifications should be viewed as best case performance numbers, assuming 4k block sizes and QD=256 for IOPS, and 256k block sizes with QD=64 for throughput. Additionally, temp disk performance often differs between read and write operations. During steady state operations, write performance is expected to be lower than read performance.
Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1,024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1,000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1,024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1,023 GiB = 1,098.4 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.)	Uncached Premium SSD IOPS
Standard_D1_v2	4	4x500
Standard_D2_v2	8	8x500
Standard_D3_v2	16	16x500
Standard_D4_v2	32	32x500
Standard_D5_v2	64	64x500

Storage resources

Table definitions

These 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 1,024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1,000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1,024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1,023 GiB = 1,098.4 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 (Mbps)
Standard_D1_v2	2	750
Standard_D2_v2	2	1,500
Standard_D3_v2	4	3,000
Standard_D4_v2	8	6,000
Standard_D5_v2	8	12,000

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).

Feature support

Feature name	Support status
Premium Storage	Not Supported
Premium Storage caching	Not Supported
Live Migration	Supported
Memory Preserving Updates	Supported
VM Generation Support	Generation 1
Accelerated Networking	Supported
Ephemeral OS Disks	Not Supported
Nested Virtualization	Not Supported

Other size information

List of all available sizes: Sizes

Pricing Calculator: Pricing Calculator

Information on Disk Types: Disk Types

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Last updated on 2026-09-30

Dv2 sizes series

Host specifications

Sizes in series

VM Basics resources

Feature support

Other size information

Next steps

Additional resources