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Difference between one P2 sku and two P1 skus
Is there a difference between buying two Power BI Premium P1 skus and one Power BI Premium P2 sku? My understanding is that both of these would cost $10,000 a month. Is that correct?
Further, am I correct that the two P1 sku approach would mean that you have two capacities with 8 v-cores each, and that a given workload could only run against one of those capacities, not both, while a P2 sku would give you a single capacity with 16 v-cores?
If the above is correct, is there any advantage to buying two P1 skus? If, for example, I dedicated one P1 to Finance and one to Operations, am I accomplishing anything different from having a single P2 and separating Finance from Operations using workgroups?
hi, Anonymous
Both of these would cost $10,000 a month, But one P2 sku is better.
You should know that Max memory settings are not cumulative. please refer to this document:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-admin-premium-workloads
You could split P2 into two capacities, they could apply to P2 Workload, but two P1 skus could only apply to P1 Workload.
Best Regards,
Lin
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hi, Anonymous
Both of these would cost $10,000 a month, But one P2 sku is better.
You should know that Max memory settings are not cumulative. please refer to this document:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-admin-premium-workloads
You could split P2 into two capacities, they could apply to P2 Workload, but two P1 skus could only apply to P1 Workload.
Best Regards,
Lin
- jean-louis
Advocate II
Is this answer is still accurate in 2023 ? we are using 2 x SKU P1 merged in a single P2, and we got all P2 memory and CPU with our 2xP1 configuration.
Then what could be the benefit to buy a single P2 rather than 2xP1 ?
Hi Jean,
Would you be able to explain how did you combine 2 P1s to single P2.
I'm assuming your combined capacity is now 16 Cores and 50 GB RAM and not split across the reports and max capacity is of single P1s.
