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Create a Virtual Machine in Azure

Create a virtual machine for Hyper-Q following the procedures for provisioning virtual machines in Azure. To learn more, see Virtual machines in Azure in the Microsoft Azure documentation.

Attach a Data Disk to the Virtual Machine

You must attach a data disk to the virtual machine and specify that it use Read/write for the Host caching setting.

To learn more, see Use the portal to attach a data disk to a Linux VM in the Microsoft Azure documentation.

Virtual Machine Requirements

The virtual machine must meet the following system requirements.

Resource

Non-Production

Production

VM type

D16v3 or D16v4

D32v3 or D32v4

Data disk type

Standard SSD

Premium SSD

Data disk size

500 GB

1 TB

Host caching for data disk

Read/write

Read/write

Operating system

RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.x–8.x or CentOS Linux 6.x–8.x

The virtual machine you create and instantiate that meets the above requirements is now referred to as the Hyper-Q VM.