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Announcing Azure HPC Cache Retirement
Target retirement date: October 01, 2025
Azure HPC Cache is retiring. End of support is 30 September 2025.
February 2023
Public preview: Azure Managed Lustre
Accelerate HPC and AI workloads with a managed parallel file system
Read-write premium caching now in public preview
Now you can do more with Azure HPC Cache at the same cost you’ve come to expect.
December 2021
Azure HPC Cache now generally available in Germany West Central and US West 3
New regional availability of Azure HPC Cache expands access to low-latency compute.
July 2021
General availability: HPC Cache for NVME-based Storage, Storage Target Management, and HIPAA Compliance
The latest release of HPC Cache adds support for high throughput VMs as well as enhancements to storage target operations.
HPC Cache on E-Series VMs Support of Blob NFS 3.0 now generally available
Add Azure HPC Cache to support new workloads in Blob NFS 3.0.
October 2020
HPC Cache new namespace page and region expansion
New HPC Cache namespace lets clients see all storage as a single file system.
February 2020
HPC Cache receives ISO certifications, adds stopping feature, and new region
Azure HPC Cache has received new SO27001, 27018 and 27701 certifications, adds new features to manage storage caching in performance-driven workloads and expands service access to Korea Central.
November 2019
Azure HPC Cache is now available
High-performance workloads that require file access can now use Azure HPC Cache to minimize latency, improve availability, and increase throughput.
September 2019
Azure HPC Cache is now in preview
Azure HPC Cache, a high-performance file cache with an aggregated namespace that reduces latency between storage and Azure compute for heavy read workloads, is now in preview.
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