I'm curious about the current situation with virtual machines in West Europe. I'm working on a personal project for video compression and need a VM with around 32 cores for efficient encoding. Although I use Azure for work, I haven't touched my personal subscription in years. Now, I'm facing a limit where I can't provision any VMs with more than 16 cores, which seems too low for my task. Is this limitation due to my subscription type, like pay-as-you-go? It's frustrating since I'm ready to pay for what I need. I've also submitted a support request to increase my quota, but I wanted to understand the broader context behind this restriction.
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Quota limits can indeed restrict access to larger VMs, so contacting support is a smart move. In the meantime, if you're dealing with large videos, you might want to try tools like Compresteo to manage their size until your upgrade is approved.
To access more cores, you typically need to request a core quota increase. Just go to the Azure portal, type 'quotas' in the search bar, select 'compute', and then choose the right regions and VM SKU family. Some requests can get approved automatically, but many require a support ticket.
Thanks for pointing that out! I already requested a D32ls_v5 and got approved! 🙂
The West Europe region in Azure is currently at capacity, which may be why you're hitting these limits. You might want to consider switching to another region for your VMs.
That's a bummer! I heard there are multiple regions nearby, but capacity is tight everywhere. I saw an internal discussion about South Central US, but they mentioned no specific timelines for when more resources would become available.
Totally agree! You'll likely have a quota of around 20 for most VM series on personal subscriptions. You can check this under your Subscription settings. Just a heads up, some VM sizes are limited right now due to high demand, especially D-series in West Europe.