> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://anaconda.com/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Azure Kubernetes Service This guide offers recommended configurations and settings unique to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). These should be used to augment the generic requirements offered on our [primary requirements page](../zero-g). ## Instance types * Minimum: `Standard_D8s_v4` * Recommended: `Standard_D16s_v4` ## Storage Unfortunately, we have found that Azure’s built in managed NFS service, [Azure Files NFS](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/storage-files-how-to-create-nfs-shares), does not provide an acceptable performance level for use with Anaconda Enterprise. We have not yet had the opportunity to evaluate [Azure NetApp Files](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/netapp/). For this reason, Anaconda recommends creating a separate Virtual Machine for hosting NFS storage. Follow the recommendations offered in [this document](./nfs), with these Azure-specific recommendations: * The `Standard_D4s_v3` machine type is suitable for this purpose. * As suggested in the general recommendations, Azure tightly couples disk size and IOPS performance. Anaconda recommends a disk size of at least 1 TiB to ensure good performance; or more if possible. This server can then become the administration server as well. ## Network Azure offers [two different networking options](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/concepts-network) for AKS clusters. Both approaches are compatible with Anaconda Enterprise, so the determination depends upon your larger networking needs. AKS uses a LoadBalancer which by default sets TCP idle timeouts to 4 minutes, and enables TCP resets. This may affect any user workload that depends on a continuous TCP connection. ## GPUs Please see [this Azure guide](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/gpu-cluster) for adding GPU resources to your AKS cluster.