Dplsv5 sizes series

The Dplsv5-series and Dpldsv5-series virtual machines are based on the Arm architecture, delivering outstanding price-performance for general-purpose workloads. These virtual machines feature the Ampere® Altra® Arm-based processor operating at 3.0 GHz, which provides an entire physical core for each virtual machine vCPU. These virtual machines offer a range of vCPU sizes, up to 2 GiB of memory per vCPU, and temporary storage options able to meet the requirements of most non-memory-intensive and scale-out workloads such as microservices, small databases, caches, gaming servers, and more.

Host specifications

Part	Quantity ^{Count Units}	Specs ^{SKU ID, Performance Units, etc.}
Processor	2 - 64 vCPUs	Ampere Altra [Arm64]
Memory	4 - 128 GiB
Local Storage	None
Remote Storage	4 - 32 Disks	4,000 - 80,000 IOPS 85 - 1,735 MBps Disk Types: Premium SSD
Network	2 - 8 NICs	12,500 - 40,000 Mbps Interfaces: NetVSC, ConnectX
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 (GB)
Standard_D2pls_v5	2	4
Standard_D4pls_v5	4	8
Standard_D8pls_v5	8	16
Standard_D16pls_v5	16	32
Standard_D32pls_v5	32	64
Standard_D48pls_v5	48	96
Standard_D64pls_v5	64	128

VM Basics resources

Remote (uncached) storage info for each size

Size Name	Max Remote Storage Disks (Qty.)	Uncached Premium SSD IOPS	Uncached Premium SSD Throughput (MBps)	Uncached Premium SSD Burst¹ IOPS	Uncached Premium SSD Burst¹ Throughput (MBps)
Standard_D2pls_v5	4	3,750	85	10,000	1,200
Standard_D4pls_v5	8	6,400	145	20,000	1,200
Standard_D8pls_v5	16	12,800	290	20,000	1,200
Standard_D16pls_v5	32	25,600	600	40,000	1,200
Standard_D32pls_v5	32	51,200	865	80,000	2000
Standard_D48pls_v5	32	76,800	1,315	80,000	3,000
Standard_D64pls_v5	32	80,000	1,735	80,000	3,000

Storage resources

Table definitions

¹Some 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_D2pls_v5	2	12,500
Standard_D4pls_v5	2	12,500
Standard_D8pls_v5	4	12,500
Standard_D16pls_v5	4	12,500
Standard_D32pls_v5	8	16,000
Standard_D48pls_v5	8	24,000
Standard_D64pls_v5	8	40,000

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	Supported
Premium Storage caching	Supported
Live Migration	Supported
Memory Preserving Updates	Supported
VM Generation Support	Generation 2
Accelerated Networking	Supported
Ephemeral OS Disks	Not supported
Nested Virtualization	Not supported

Other size information

List of all available sizes: Sizes

Pricing Calculator: Pricing Calculator

Information on Disk Types: Disk Types

Next steps

Take advantage of the latest performance and features available for your workloads by changing the size of a virtual machine.

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Last updated on 2026-03-11