What are some best practices for optimizing Azure Virtual Machines?
Regularly perform patching and updates to keep your VMs secure and benefit from the latest features and performance improvements.
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Use managed disks instead of unmanaged disks to benefit from features like snapshots, encryption, and easy scalability.
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One best practice is to choose the appropriate VM size for your workload. Consider the CPU, memory, and disk requirements to avoid overprovisioning or underprovisioning.
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Implement monitoring and autoscaling to ensure your VM instances are efficiently utilized and to handle traffic spikes.
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Implement Availability Sets or Availability Zones to improve the fault tolerance and availability of your VMs.
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Consider using Azure Spot Virtual Machines to take advantage of unused Azure capacity at a significantly lower cost, although there is a chance of interruptions due to capacity constraints.
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