Azure Updates WE 31 Mar 2024
Updates to Azure in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners in the week ending 31 Mar 2024
A few announcements from Microsoft this week that may be of interest to HPC folk:
Improved SSD performance went GA:
GA: Improved throughput performance on Azure Disks’ Standard SSD | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Azure Disks Standard SSD throughput limits are now 100 MB/s on disks sized 8191 GBs and lower.
Using NetApp Files for your HPC cluster? Can’t get it to sit in the same AZ as your compute? Now you can.
General availability: Availability zone volume placement for Azure NetApp Files | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
Deploy new Azure NetApp Files volumes in Azure availability zones (AZs) of your choice to support workloads across multiple availability zones
CycleCloud ends support for Chef cookbook
Azure CycleCloud support for Chef run_lists and cookbooks in cluster-init projects is ending on 31 March 2025 | Azure updates | Microsoft Azure
End of Life Announcement for Chef Run_lists and Cookbooks in Azure CycleCloud Cluster-Init Projects on 31 March 2025
PasThat’s all folks!
