HCI Box on a Budget. Leverage Azure Spot & Hyrbrid Use Benefits. Up to 93% savings.
Do you want to take HCI Box for a test drive but dont have $2,681 in the budget? Me either. How about the same box for $178?
This is the price for 730 hours
Following general instructions from jumpstart Azure Arc Jumpstart
once you have the git repo, edit the host.bicep file
...\azure_arc\azure_jumpstart_hcibox\bicep\host\host.bicep
add to the properties for the host virtualMachine the resource vm 'Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines@2022-03-01'
You can review difference regions for either cheaper price per hour or lower eviction rate
0.24393 per hour * 730 hours = $178
If you are elegable for Hybrid Use Benefits through you EA or have licenses you can also enable HUB in the Bicep template under virtual machine properties
Code changes
Good luck, enjoy HCI’ing