Decides how a Virtual Machine Scale Set handles its VMs: Uniform, or the recommended Flexible. It is picked at creation and fixed afterwards.
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Terms in this definition
- VM
A computer implemented entirely in software, having virtual hardware and its own guest OS; ESX hosts run it and vCenter manages it.
- Set
Secret permission in Key Vault for writing secrets; some older material refers to it as Create.
- Virtual machines
Infrastructure-as-a-service compute giving complete control of the operating system, making it a fit for lift-and-shift moves and for software relying on OS-level pieces like COM.
- Iceberg reads
A setting on a Delta table that writes Iceberg metadata as well, letting Iceberg clients query the data while all writes still go through Delta.
Related terms
- VMSS Flexible
An orchestration mode for scale sets that permits different VM types and operating systems, spreading across zones and Spot Priority Mix. Update domains cannot be configured in it.
- VMSS Uniform
An orchestration mode for scale sets where every VM follows a single model and is either Spot or regular throughout.