---
title: Azure default
description: Following are the preferred instance types / machine configurations, storage types, disk to memory ratios, and virtual CPU to RAM ratios for all instance...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/azure-default
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted: Generally available
---

# Azure default
Following are the preferred instance types / machine configurations, storage types, disk to memory ratios, and virtual CPU to RAM ratios for all instance configurations available on Elasticsearch Service and provided by Azure.

| Instance configuration      | Preferred Instance Type or Machine Configuration1 | Storage Type1                | Disk:Memory Ratio2 | vCPU/RAM Ratio |
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
| `azure.es.datahot.edsv4`    | e8dsv4                                            | Standard Managed Disks (SSD) | 35:1               | 0.133          |
| `azure.es.datahot.ddv4`     | d16dv4                                            | Standard Managed Disks (SSD) | 35:1               | 0.267          |
| `azure.es.datahot.fsv2`     | f32sv2                                            | Standard Managed Disks (SSD) | 35:1               | 0.533          |
| `azure.es.datahot.lsv3`     | l8sv3                                             | NVMe                         | 28:1               | 0.133          |
| `azure.es.datawarm.edsv4`   | e8dsv4                                            | Standard Managed Disks (HDD) | 200:1              | 0.133          |
| `azure.es.datacold.edsv4`   | e8dsv4                                            | Standard Managed Disks (HDD) | 200:1              | 0.133          |
| `azure.es.datafrozen.edsv4` | e8dsv4                                            | Standard Managed Disks (SSD) | 90:1               | 0.133          |


## Additional instances

Following are the preferred instance type / configuration and virtual CPU to RAM ratios for additional instance configurations available on Elasticsearch Service and provided by Azure.

| Instance configuration          | Preferred Instance Type or Machine Configuration1 | vCPU/RAM Ratio |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| `azure.es.master.fsv2`          | f32sv2                                            | 0.533          |
| `azure.es.ml.fsv2`              | f32sv2                                            | 0.533          |
| `azure.es.coordinating.fsv2`    | f32sv2                                            | 0.533          |
| `azure.kibana.fsv2`             | f32sv2                                            | 0.533          |
| `azure.apm.fsv2`                | f32sv2                                            | 0.533          |
| `azure.integrationsserver.fsv2` | f32sv2                                            | 0.533          |
| `azure.enterprisesearch.fsv2`   | f32sv2                                            | 0.533          |

1 Preferred instance and storage types are subject to provider availability. To learn more about our provider instances, check [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types), [Azure](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/virtual-machines/series/), and [GCP](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types) reference pages.
2 Ratios are estimations.