VM Type – Standard-HB176-96rs-v4
The Standard-HB176-96rs-v4 instance is part of the HBv3 series, featuring 96 vCPUs and 768 of RAM. It is available at a rate of $7.2000/hour.
HB Family
Features
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): HB-family VMs are ideal for simulations in fields like aerospace, automotive design, and manufacturing, where fluid dynamics calculations are intensive
Finite Element Analysis (FEA): HB-family VMs are suitable for engineering analyses that simulate physical phenomena, requiring intensive computational power to model complex systems and materials
Weather Forecasting: HB-family VMs can handle the massive datasets and complex simulations required for high-resolution weather modeling and forecasting
Seismic Processing: Used in the oil and gas industry, HB-family VMs can process seismic data to help map and understand subsurface structures.#Scientific Research: HB-family VMs support a wide range of scientific research that requires large-scale mathematical modeling, including physics and computational chemistry simulations
Genomics and Bioinformatics: HB-family VMs are also used in life sciences for genomic analysis, where large amounts of data need to be processed quickly to decode genetic information
Credits: Azure Resources, Updated At: 2024-10-11
Use Cases
The HB subfamily of VM size series are one of Azure's high-performance computing (HPC) optimized H-family VM instances. They are designed for compute-intensive workloads, such as computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, and large-scale scientific simulations. High-performance AMD EPYC processors and fast memory on HB-series VMs offer exceptional CPU and memory bandwidth, making them ideal for applications that require extensive computational resources to perform large-scale calculations and data processing. This makes them well suited for industries like engineering, scientific research, and data analysis where processing speed and accuracy are critical for productivity and innovation.
HBv3 Series
Features
The HBv3-series VMs are designed for high-performance computing (HPC) applications such as fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, weather modeling, seismic processing, reservoir simulation, and RTL simulation. These VMs feature up to 120 AMD EPYC™ 7V73X (Milan-X) CPU cores and 448 GB of RAM, with up to 96 MB of L3 cache per core and clock frequencies reaching 3.5 GHz. They deliver impressive memory bandwidth of up to 350 GB/sec, which can be amplified to 630 GB/sec, and offer up to 7 GB/sec in SSD performance
HBv3-series VMs are equipped with 200 Gb/sec HDR InfiniBand from NVIDIA Networking, ensuring supercomputer-scale MPI workloads with a non-blocking fat tree network design. They support advanced networking features including Adaptive Routing and Dynamic Connected Transport (DCT), in addition to standard RC and UD transports
The storage configuration includes one 480 GiB temp disk, two NVMe disks totaling 960 GiB, and access to 32 additional remote disks. Networking capabilities are provided by eight NICs, with no accelerators included. These VMs are strongly recommended for applications that require high computational power and extensive memory bandwidth.
Standard-HB176-96rs-v4 VM Series
| VMs | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) |
|---|---|---|
| Standard-HB176-24rs-v4 | 176 | 768 |
| Standard-HB176-24rs-v4 | 176 | 768 |
| Standard-HB176rs-v4 | 176 | 768 |
| Standard-HB176-144rs-v4 | 176 | 768 |
| Standard-HB176-48rs-v4 | 176 | 768 |
| Standard-HB176rs-v4 | 176 | 768 |
| Standard-HB176-144rs-v4 | 176 | 768 |
| Standard-HB176-48rs-v4 | 176 | 768 |
| Standard-HB176-96rs-v4 | 176 | 768 |
| Standard-HB176-96rs-v4 | 176 | 768 |
Standard-HB176-96rs-v4 vs Others
VM - Standard-HB176-96rs-v4 Specification
| General | |
|---|---|
| Type | Standard-HB176-96rs-v4 |
| Region | East US |
| VM Series | HBv4 |
| VM Generation | v1 , v2 |
| Tier Type | Standard |
| Term Type | Consumption |
| Pricing (USD/hr) | $ 7.2000 |
| Compute | |
|---|---|
| vCPU | 96 |
| Memory(GiB) | 768 |
| Processor Architecture | x64 |
| Operating System | Linux |
| ACU | 330 |
| Max Data Disk Count | 32 |
| vmDeployment Type | IaaS |
VM - Standard-HB176-96rs-v4 Pricing
| Region | Price / Unit | Monthly Pricing |
|---|---|---|
| South Central US | $8.6400 | $6307.20 |
| Sweden Central | $9.3600 | $6832.80 |
| Southeast Asia | $9.3600 | $6832.80 |
| Korea Central | $9.7200 | $7095.60 |