Msv3 Medium Memory sizes series

The Msv3 Medium Memory(MM) Virtual Machine (VM) series, powered by 4th generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, are the next generation of memory-optimized VM sizes delivering faster performance, lower total cost of ownership (TCO) and improved resilience to failures compared to previous generation Mv2 VMs. The Msv3 MM offers VM sizes of up to 4TB of memory and 4,000 MBps throughput to remote storage and provides up to 25% networking performance improvements over previous generations.

Host specifications

Part	Quantity ^{Count Units}	Specs ^{SKU ID, Performance Units, etc.}
Processor	12 - 176 vCPUs	Intel Xeon 4th Gen Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) [x86-64]
Memory	240 - 3892 GiB
Local Storage	None
Remote Storage Premium SSD	64 Disks	16,250 - 130,000 IOPS 390 - 4,000 MBps
Remote Storage Premium SSD v2 / Ultra Disks	64 Disks	16,250 - 130,000 IOPS 390 - 4,000 MBps
Network	4 - 8 NICs	4,000 - 40,000 Mbps
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 (GiB)
Standard_M12s_v3	12	240
Standard_M24s_v3	24	480
Standard_M48s_1_v3	48	974
Standard_M96s_1_v3	96	974
Standard_M96s_2_v3	96	1,946
Standard_M176s_3_v3	176	2,794
Standard_M176s_4_v3	176	3,892

VM Basics resources

To run SQL Server on a VM with more than 64 vCores per NUMA node, disable SMT.
Check vCPU quotas

Remote (uncached) storage info for each size

Size Name	Max Remote Storage Disks (Qty.)	Max Uncached Premium SSD IOPS	Max Uncached Premium SSD Throughput (MB/s)	Max Uncached Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 IOPS	Max Uncached Ultra Disk and Premium SSD v2 Throughput (MB/s)
Standard_M12s_v3	64	16,250	390	16,250	390
Standard_M24s_v3	64	32,500	780	32,500	780
Standard_M48s_1_v3	64	65,000	1,560	65,000	1,560
Standard_M96s_1_v3	64	65,000	1,560	65,000	1,560
Standard_M96s_2_v3	64	130,000	3,120	130,000	3,120
Standard_M176s_3_v3	64	130,000	4,000	130,000	4,000
Standard_M176s_4_v3	64	130,000	4,000	130,000	4,000

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.
²Special Storage refers to either Ultra Disk or Premium SSD v2 storage.
Storage capacity is shown in units of GiB or 1024^3 bytes. When you compare disks measured in GB (1000^3 bytes) to disks measured in GiB (1024^3) remember that capacity numbers given in GiB may appear smaller. For example, 1023 GiB = 1098.4 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 (Mb/s)
Standard_M12s_v3	4	4,000
Standard_M24s_v3	8	8,000
Standard_M48s_1_v3	8	16,000
Standard_M96s_1_v3	8	16,000
Standard_M96s_2_v3	8	30,000
Standard_M176s_3_v3	8	40,000
Standard_M176s_4_v3	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	Not Supported
Generation 2 VMs	Supported
Generation 1 VMs	Not Supported
Accelerated Networking	Supported
Ephemeral OS Disk	Not Supported
Nested Virtualization	Not Supported
Hibernation	Not Supported

Other size information

List of all available sizes: Sizes

Pricing Calculator: Pricing Calculator

Information on Disk Types: Disk Types

Next steps

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Last updated on 2026-03-10