How do I create a Linux N6 (with GPU) VM on Azure for Deep Learning applications?

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When I try to do new Ubuntu Compute VM in East US or South Central US (the two with advertised GPU support), there is no option to select N6.

The only way to get N6 VM is to use the "Deep Learning toolkit for the DSVM" option, which is a Windows VM.

Is it possible to create a Linux N6 VM on Azure? If so, how?

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-ps-create — 4c74356b41, Feb 22 '17 at 18:35

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 22 '17 at 22:05

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The trick is to select "HDD" instead of the default SSD for disk type. Then the NC* series will show.

answered Feb 22 '17 at 22:05

Xuchen Yao

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those vm's use hdd for OS disk? for real? – 4c74356b41 Feb 23 '17 at 10:34
yep, for reasons I don't understand – Xuchen Yao Feb 24 '17 at 17:48
the ui is quite un-intuitive here. it's making the user go through a maze where the path ahead is unknown. i wonder if there is a way to give them that feedback. – thang Jun 11 '17 at 22:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 27 '17 at 18:04

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Microsoft recently released a new version of the Data Science Virtual Machine for Linux (Ubuntu) edition on Azure with several popular deep learning tools pre-installed that you can use on either NC-Series GPU Azure VM or any CPU only VM.

More info:

http://aka.ms/dsvm/ubuntu

http://aka.ms/dsvm/ubuntu/docs

answered Apr 27 '17 at 18:04

Gopi - MSFT

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this looks like it would save some setup time. thanks for pointing it out. – thang Jun 11 '17 at 22:54

How do I create a Linux N6 (with GPU) VM on Azure for Deep Learning applications?

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