# Outdated and Expensive Standard SSD Disk

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# Outdated and Expensive Standard SSD Disk

## Explanation

Standard SSD disks can often be replaced with Premium SSD v2 disks, offering enhanced IOPS, throughput, and durability at competitive or lower pricing. For workloads that require moderate to high performance but are currently constrained by Standard SSD capabilities, migrating to Premium SSD v2 improves both performance and cost efficiency without significant operational overhead.

## Relevant Billing Model

Standard SSD disks are billed per provisioned GB per month. Premium SSD v2 offers a more flexible and cost-efficient model that can outperform Standard SSDs for certain workloads, providing better alignment between performance needs and spend.

## Detection

- Identify Managed Disks using the Standard SSD offering that are eligible for migration to Premium SSD v2

- Review workload performance requirements to confirm suitability for Premium SSD v2 characteristics

- Verify regional availability of Premium SSD v2 before planning migration

- Evaluate disk attachment patterns and application dependencies to ensure compatibility during transition

- Validate proposed changes with infrastructure teams to align with performance, availability, and cost goals

## Remediation

Migrate eligible Standard SSD disks to Premium SSD v2 to enhance performance while reducing costs. Migration can typically be achieved through disk snapshots, image exports, or disk-level cloning without significant downtime. Update infrastructure provisioning standards to default to Premium SSD v2 where appropriate to maintain ongoing optimization.

## Relevant Documentation

- [Azure Premium SSD v2 Disks Overview](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-types#premium-ssd-v2)

- [Azure Managed Disks Pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/managed-disks/)

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## At a glance

Reference

CER-0010

Cloud provider

Azure

Service

Azure Managed Disks

Category

[Storage](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/service-category/storage)

Inefficiency type

Modernization

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