Disk

Updated: February 13, 2026

Creating a Standard HDD disk

defaults:
  resource_group: rg1
  
resources:
  - type: "Microsoft.Compute/disks"
    api_version: "2025-01-02"
    name: data-disk-hdd
    sku:
        name: Standard_LRS
    props:
      disk_size_gb: 40
      creation_data:
        create_option: Empty

Example plan output

data-disk-hdd (action: create, monthly: $3.01, change: +100%)
  => Storage (monthly: $3.01)
    => S6 LRS Disk (price: $3.008/Month, size: 64, monthly: $3.01)
    => S6 LRS Disk Operations (price: $0.0005/10K)

Creating a Standard SSD disk

defaults:
  resource_group: rg1
  
resources:
  - type: "Microsoft.Compute/disks"
    api_version: "2025-01-02"
    name: data-disk-ssd
    sku:
      name: StandardSSD_LRS
    props:
      disk_size_gb: 40
      creation_data:
        create_option: Empty

Example plan output

data-disk-ssd (action: create, monthly: $4.80, change: +100%)
  => Storage (monthly: $4.80)
    => E6 LRS Disk Operations (price: $0.002/10K)
    => E6 LRS Disk (price: $4.8/Month, size: 64, monthly: $4.80)

Creating a Premium SSD disk

defaults:
  resource_group: rg1
  
resources:
  - type: "Microsoft.Compute/disks"
    api_version: "2025-01-02"
    name: data-disk-premium
    sku:
      name: Premium_LRS
    props:
      disk_size_gb: 40
      creation_data:
        create_option: Empty

Example plan output

data-disk-premium (action: create, monthly: $9.28, change: +100%)
  => Storage (monthly: $9.28)
    => P6 LRS Disk (price: $9.2801/Month, size: 64, monthly: $9.28)

Creating a Premium SSD with Zone Redundancy

defaults:
  resource_group: rg1
  
resources:
  - type: "Microsoft.Compute/disks"
    api_version: "2025-01-02"
    name: data-disk-premium-zrs
    sku:
      name: Premium_ZRS
    props:
      disk_size_gb: 100
      creation_data:
        create_option: Empty

Example plan output

data-disk-premium-zrs (action: create, monthly: $26.88, change: +100%)
  => Storage (monthly: $26.88)
    => P10 ZRS Disk (price: $26.88/Month, size: 128, monthly: $26.88)

Creating a Premium SSD v2 disk

Premium SSD v2 allows you to configure IOPS and throughput independently of disk size.

defaults:
  resource_group: rg1
  
resources:
  - type: "Microsoft.Compute/disks"
    api_version: "2025-01-02"
    name: data-disk-premium-v2
    sku:
      name: PremiumV2_LRS
    props:
      disk_size_gb: 100
      disk_iops_read_write: 5000
      disk_mbps_read_write: 200
      creation_data:
        create_option: Empty

Example plan output

data-disk-premium-v2 (action: create, monthly: $21.26, change: +100%)
  => Storage (monthly: $21.26)
    => Storage cost (price: $0.00011/GiB/Hr, size: 100, monthly: $8.03)
    => IOPS (monthly: $10.22)
      => Tier 1 (First 3000 IOPS included - quantity: 3000, monthly: $0.00)
      => Tier 2 (Over 3000 IOPS - price: $7e-06/Hr, quantity: 2000, monthly: $10.22)
    => Throughput (monthly: $3.01)
      => Tier 1 (First 125 MB/s included - quantity: 125, monthly: $0.00)
      => Tier 2 (Over 125 MB/s - price: $5.5e-05/Hr, quantity: 75, monthly: $3.01)

Disk Tier Reference

Azure charges by tier, not exact GB size. When you specify a disk size, Azure provisions the next tier up.

Standard HDD Tiers

Tier	Capacity
S4	32 GB
S6	64 GB
S10	128 GB
S15	256 GB
S20	512 GB
S30	1024 GB

Standard SSD Tiers

Tier	Capacity
E4	32 GB
E6	64 GB
E10	128 GB
E15	256 GB
E20	512 GB
E30	1024 GB

Premium SSD Tiers

Tier	Capacity
P4	32 GB
P6	64 GB
P10	128 GB
P15	256 GB
P20	512 GB
P30	1024 GB