Standard_L16s_v3 on Databricks
Standard_L16s_v3 is a storage optimized Azure worker type with 16 vCPUs and 128 GB of memory. On Databricks it uses 5.5 DBUs an hour, so 1 node on Jobs Compute in East US costs $3.04 an hour: $1.65 for the DBUs and $1.39 to Azure for the machine.
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Standard_L16s_v3 at a glance
- vCPUs
- 16
- Memory
- 128 GB
- Own SSD
- 3,840 GB
- DBUs an hour
- 5.5
- Classic compute
- With Photon
- 13.75
- DBUs an hour, Jobs Compute
- 1 node an hour
- $3.04
- Jobs Compute, East US
1 node an hour on each kind of compute
In East US on the Premium plan. Databricks charges the DBUs, Azure the machine. A cluster pays this for every worker and for the driver.
| Compute | DBUs an hour | A DBU | Databricks | Machine | An hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jobs Compute | 5.5 | $0.30 | $1.65 | $1.39 | $3.04 |
| Jobs Compute + Photon | 13.75 | $0.30 | $4.13 | $1.39 | $5.52 |
| All-Purpose Compute | 5.5 | $0.55 | $3.03 | $1.39 | $4.42 |
| All-Purpose Compute + Photon | 11 | $0.55 | $6.05 | $1.39 | $7.44 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Core | 5.5 | $0.30 | $1.65 | $1.39 | $3.04 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Pro | 5.5 | $0.38 | $2.09 | $1.39 | $3.48 |
| Lakeflow pipelines Advanced | 5.5 | $0.54 | $2.97 | $1.39 | $4.36 |
In each region
1 node an hour on Jobs Compute, Premium, cheapest first.
| Region | Machine | An hour |
|---|---|---|
| East US | $1.39 | $3.04 |
| East US 2 | $1.40 | $3.05 |
| West US 2 | $1.40 | $3.05 |
| West US 3 | $1.40 | $3.05 |
| Sweden Central | $1.46 | $3.11 |
| Canada Central | $1.54 | $3.19 |
| North Europe | $1.54 | $3.19 |
| Central US | $1.57 | $3.22 |
| Central India | $1.58 | $3.23 |
| UK South | $1.62 | $3.27 |
| France Central | $1.62 | $3.27 |
| Japan East | $1.64 | $3.29 |
| West Europe | $1.66 | $3.31 |
| Germany West Central | $1.66 | $3.31 |
| Southeast Asia | $1.67 | $3.32 |
| Australia East | $1.67 | $3.32 |
| Brazil South | $2.22 | $3.87 |
Other storage optimized sizes
Questions
- How many DBUs does Standard_L16s_v3 use on Databricks?
- Standard_L16s_v3 uses 5.5 DBUs an hour on Databricks classic compute without Photon. With Photon it uses 13.75 DBUs an hour on Jobs Compute and 11 on All-Purpose Compute, as Databricks' price list gives them.
- How much does Standard_L16s_v3 cost an hour on Databricks?
- In East US, 1 Standard_L16s_v3 node on Jobs Compute costs $3.04 an hour: $1.65 to Databricks for 5.5 DBUs at $0.30 each, and $1.39 to Azure for the machine. On All-Purpose Compute the same node costs $4.42 an hour, and on Lakeflow pipelines Core $3.04. A cluster pays this for every worker and for the driver.
- Does Photon cost more on Standard_L16s_v3?
- Yes, by the hour: with Photon, 1 Standard_L16s_v3 node on Jobs Compute in East US costs $5.52 an hour instead of $3.04, because it uses 13.75 DBUs an hour instead of 5.5. It saves money only when the job finishes fast enough to make up the difference.
- Which region is cheapest for Standard_L16s_v3 on Databricks?
- East US, at $3.04 an hour for 1 node on Jobs Compute, against $3.87 in Brazil South, the dearest of the 17 regions listed here that offer it. Databricks charges the same for a DBU of Jobs Compute in every Azure region listed, so the gap is the machine.
- What is the same size as Standard_L16s_v3 on the other clouds?
- The nearest worker types of the same kind are i4i.4xlarge on AWS and n2-standard-16 on Google Cloud. Each cloud gives its own DBUs an hour for its types, so compare what a cluster costs in the calculator, not the DBUs alone.
- What is the next size up or down from Standard_L16s_v3?
- One size down is Standard_L8s_v3, at 2.75 DBUs an hour; one size up is Standard_L32s_v3, at 11. Within a family, DBUs and the machine price grow with the vCPUs, so 2 nodes of a size cost about what 1 node of twice the size costs.
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