Data Gateway: "Recommended 8 cores" - how does that translate to V-cores in Azure?

[bbbm]

In the literature, 8 cores are recommended for a Data Gateway. 

Am trying to figure out the best Azure VM series. 

Part will just be testing (currently doing), but I wonder - when it says "8 cores", in Azure VM terms, does that = 8 vcores?  Kinda pricey. 

[Anonymous]

Hi @bbbm ,

Does that make sense? If so, kindly mark my answer as the solution to close the case please. Thanks in advance.

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[mmace1]

Thanks!  You were talking about Power BI Premium capacities / linked them, but my question was just about gateway VMs, not premium capacities at all. 

I still wasn't clear -  "recommended 8 cores", equivalent to 8 virtual cores? 

[Anonymous]

Hi @bbbm ,

An 8-core CPU is recommended to Gateway, and it is quite different from Power BI capacity. Install gateway on azure vm, just look at the v-core of vm instead of Power BI capacity.

Please learn more about Power BI capacity: Processing is achieved by a set number of v-cores, divided equally between backend and frontend.

More details: Capacity nodes 

It can be difficult to accurately estimate the right size. We recommend that you start with a machine with at least 8 CPU cores, 8 GB of RAM, and multiple Gigabit network adapters. You can then measure a typical gateway workload by logging CPU and memory system counters. For more information, see Monitor and optimize on-premises data gateway performance.

If I have misunderstand your meaning, please provide more details.

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