Spot Virtual Machines are now generally available on Azure Databricks

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Published

May 25, 2021

Status

Launched

Timeline

  • May 2021
    General Availability

Product

Azure Databricks

Tag

Features

Category

AI + machine learning
Analytics

Description

Azure Databricks Spot Virtual Machines are now generally available. With Azure Spot Virtual Machines (Spot VMs), you can access unused Azure compute capacity at deep discounts—up to 90 percent compared to pay-as-you-go prices. 

As use of Azure Databricks is rapidly expanding, customers are looking for ways to save costs when running their workloads. Spot VMs are available for use in clusters, pools, and via rest API calls.  

Learn more.

Visit the Linux pricing page.

Visit the Databricks pricing page.