| title | vCore purchasing model overview |
|---|---|
| description | De-duplicating content between SQL Database and SQL Managed Instance, in this case using an include for an overview of the vCore purchasing model. |
| author | MashaMSFT |
| ms.author | mathoma |
| ms.reviewer | dfurman, wiassaf |
| ms.date | 04/06/2022 |
| ms.topic | include |
A virtual core (vCore) represents a logical CPU and offers you the option to choose the physical characteristics of the hardware (for example, the number of cores, the memory, and the storage size). The vCore-based purchasing model gives you flexibility, control, transparency of individual resource consumption, and a straightforward way to translate on-premises workload requirements to the cloud. This model optimizes price, and allows you to choose compute, memory, and storage resources based on your workload needs.
In the vCore-based purchasing model, your costs depend on the choice and usage of:
- Service tier
- Hardware configuration
- Compute resources (the number of vCores and the amount of memory)
- Reserved database storage
- Actual backup storage