Azure Compute Fleet - Simply Explained

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Azure Compute Fleet is designed for a very different scale of compute problem. Creating one virtual machine is straightforward. But when a workload suddenly needs hundreds or thousands of workers, choosing one exact VM size can become a major limitation. The VM size you selected might not have enough capacity in your preferred region. Another size could work, but pricing may be different. Spot VMs can dramatically reduce costs, but Azure can reclaim them. Managing all of those options manually quickly becomes complicated. Azure Compute Fleet changes the question from "How do I get 1,000 identical VMs?" to "How do I get the compute capacity my workload needs using several acceptable options?" ㅤ WHAT IS AZURE COMPUTE FLEET? Azure Compute Fleet is a managed service designed to provide large pools of virtual machine compute capacity. Instead of requesting one specific VM type, you describe the capacity your workload can use, how much you need, where it can run, and whether Azure can use standard on-demand VMs, lower-cost Spot VMs, or a combination of both. Azure then searches across those acceptable options to find available capacity.

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