The Standard_FX8mds_v2 is a compute optimised instance in the FXmdsv2 family with 8 vCPU and 168 GiB of memory on Intel Haswell. It costs $1,349.77 a month on-demand in swedensouth (Staffanstorp) and is offered in 56 regions.
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$7.30 to $1,349.77 +18390%
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| Pod requests | Pods | Per pod, a month |
|---|---|---|
| 100m CPU, 128 MiB | 79cpu | $17.09 |
| 250m CPU, 512 MiB | 31cpu | $43.54 |
| 500m CPU, 1 GiB | 15cpu | $89.98 |
| 1 CPU, 4 GiB | 7cpu | $192.82 |
Node share from GKE's published kube-reserved formula plus a 100 MiB eviction threshold; EKS and AKS keep similar amounts. DaemonSets take more on top. At most 110 pods per node, the kubelet default.
First year, 3 instances
Spot saves $48,539 a year
Reserved capacity is billed every hour of the month whether it runs or not.
Bars are on-demand per hour; the teal mark is spot. Price per vCPU varies by 221800% across sizes.
No grid or power data for this type in swedensouth.
| $7.30 | $228.49 | -3030% | — | |
| $7.30 | $1.46 | 80% | — | |
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| $7.30 | $1.46 | 80% | — | |
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| $7.30 | $297.11 | -3970% | — | |
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curl "https://prices.cloudadapt.io/api/v1/compute/azure/Standard_FX8mds_v2?region=swedensouth"
List prices from Microsoft Azure in US dollars, before discounts, credits and taxes. A month is 730 hours, a year 8,760. Azure pricing page