Elastic pools

An elastic pool is a logical container that can host multiple databases on a single logical server. Elastic pools are available in the vCore-based and DTU-based purchasing models. The vCPU-based purchasing model is the default and recommended method of deployment, where you'll get the freedom to choose your compute and storage resources based on your business workloads. As shown in Figure 7.16, you can select how many cores and how much storage is required for your database:

Figure 7.16: Setting up elastic pools in the vCore-based model

Also, at the top of the preceding figure, you can see there is an option that says Looking for basic, standard, premium? If you select this, the model will be switched to the DTU model.

The SKUs available for elastic pools in the DTU-based model are as follows:

• Basic
• Standard
• Premium

Figure 7.17 shows the maximum amounts of DTUs that can be provisioned...