Dv3 sizes series

Warning

The Dv3-series is in the End of Life lifecycle stage and retires on November 15, 2029. After that date, you can't create, resize into, run, or purchase Dv3-series sizes. This retirement affects all Dv3-series sizes: Standard_D2_v3, Standard_D4_v3, Standard_D8_v3, Standard_D16_v3, Standard_D32_v3, Standard_D48_v3, and Standard_D64_v3. This retirement doesn't apply to Azure Government, Azure operated by 21Vianet, or sovereign cloud regions.

Transition your workloads before the retirement date. For the smoothest transition, see Modernize to the v5 VM series. For the latest features and performance, see Modernize to the v6 and v7 VM series. For retirement dates and replacement series, see Retired and retiring VM size series.

The Dv3-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 in a hyper-threaded configuration, providing a better value proposition for most general purpose workloads. Memory has been expanded (from ~3.5 GiB/vCPU to 4 GiB/vCPU) while disk and network limits have been adjusted on a per core basis to align with the move to hyperthreading. The Dv3-series no longer has the high memory VM sizes of the D/Dv2-series, those have been moved to the memory optimized Ev3 and Esv3-series. Example D-series use cases include enterprise-grade applications, relational databases, in-memory caching, and analytics.

Host specifications

Part	Quantity ^{Count Units}	Specs ^{SKU ID, Performance Units, etc.}
Processor	2 - 64 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	8 - 256 GiB
Local Storage	1 Disk	50 - 1,600 GiB 3,000 - 96,000 IOPS 46 - 1,000 MBps
Remote Storage	4 - 32 Disks	Disk Types: Standard SDD/HDD
Network	2 - 8 NICs	1,000 - 30,000 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_D2_v3	2	8
Standard_D4_v3	4	16
Standard_D8_v3	8	32
Standard_D16_v3	16	64
Standard_D32_v3	32	128
Standard_D48_v3	48	192
Standard_D64_v3	64	256

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_D2_v3	1	50	3,000	46	23
Standard_D4_v3	1	100	6,000	93	46
Standard_D8_v3	1	200	12,000	187	93
Standard_D16_v3	1	400	24,000	375	187
Standard_D32_v3	1	800	48,000	750	375
Standard_D48_v3	1	1,200	96,000	1,000	500
Standard_D64_v3	1	1,600	96,000	1,000	500

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.)
Standard_D2_v3	4
Standard_D4_v3	8
Standard_D8_v3	16
Standard_D16_v3	32
Standard_D32_v3	32
Standard_D48_v3	32
Standard_D64_v3	32

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_D2_v3	2	1,000
Standard_D4_v3	2	2,000
Standard_D8_v3	4	2,000
Standard_D16_v3	8	2,000
Standard_D32_v3	8	16,000
Standard_D48_v3	8	24,000
Standard_D64_v3	8	30,000

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	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 2026-09-25

Dv3 sizes series

Host specifications

Sizes in series

VM Basics resources

Feature support

Other size information

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