VM Crash on Premium Storage

I have been using the Premium Storage Preview, and have had nothing but problems.
I created a new VM on premium storage, and I tried copying a file (1GB) from another VM, and VM on Premium Storage rebooted.
I moved a few other VM's to the premium storage, and they all had the same symptoms, and have since moved the VM's back.
The servers do not create a memory.dmp file, so i'm not sure exactly what is going on.
Anyone else experiencing this?
Using US East 2.

Hi,
I understand that while you are copying data from VM2 to VM1 which is on Premium Storage, VM1 reboots.
I suggest you to try creating another VM with Premium Storage in the same Location for testing purpose and try performing the Copy Operation.
If it works fine, suggest you delete the existing VM retaining the attached disks. You can then attach the disk to the new VM.
To know more about attaching the disk, please follow the below article
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn790303.aspx
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-windows-attach-disk/
Hope this helps !
Regards,
Sowmya

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We understand 25% of the 400GB local SSD for these VMs is made available as temporary storage and the other 75% is used for Premium Storage caching:
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http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/storage-premium-storage-preview-portal/
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Sequential Read : 66.031 MB/s
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Random Read 4KB (QD=32) : 2.086 MB/s [ 509.3 IOPS]
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I have 8 machines assigned to one virtual network under one account. The developers and testers are complaining about performance so before bringing them back in-house I figured I would try upgrading them to SSD machines. However "D"
machines do not appear to be an option in the configuration tab.
I tried creating a new VM and putting it into the virtual network. Still, SSD machines do not appear as an option. I can create SSD machines as long as I don't add them to my virtual network.
Ideally I would like four of these machines to be SSD and the remainder can remain in the A class and for all of them to be in the same virtual network.
If it matters, the virtual network is linked to our network at the office using a static site-to-site gateway. I would prefer not to pay for a bunch of gateway connections.
What is the best way to solve this problem?

For SSD machine : Are you meningeal D- Series or DS-Series.
There is no different between A- Series and D-Series storage performance (Except the temporary storage). The DS-Series meanwhile use Azure Premium Storage (That went GA few weeks ago). Premium Storage offers best class storage with enhanced performance (IOPS/Throughput)
and latency. Look
HERE for more information
D-Series
D-Series is available only on the following regions (SOURCE)
United States
West US
East US
North US
South US
Central US
US East 2
Europe
North Europe
West Europe
Asia
Japan West
Japan East
Southeast Asia
East Asia
Australia
Australia East
Australia Southeast
DS-Series
DS-Series is available only on the following regions (SOURCE)
West US
East US 2
West Europe
East China
Southeast Asia
West Japan
So:
- If your network is deployed on a region where the VM series are not available, you will not be able to connect them to this network
- If you don't have a Premium Storage Account, you will not be able to deploy DD-Series VMs
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