More performance and choice with new Azure HBv3 virtual machines for HPC

By Dustin Ward

HPC-optimized virtual machines featuring AMD EPYC 7003-series processors Today Azure advances the velocity at which we bring the latest technologies to our HPC customers and the compute performance we put at their fingertips. We are excited to announce Azure HBv3-series virtual machines (VMs) for high-performance computing (HPC) are generally available in the East US, South…

Advancing failure prediction and mitigation—introducing Narya

By Dustin Ward

“This post continues our Advancing Reliability series highlighting initiatives underway to constantly improve the reliability of the Azure platform. In 2018 we shared steps we’re taking to improve virtual machine (VM) resiliency using live migration. In 2019 we shared how we’re further improving virtual machine resiliency with Project Tardigrade, which identifies host failures and recovers from…