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# What does Azure RI 'Instance Size Flexibility' Mean?

## Can I Upsize or Downsize Within the Same Instance Family?

Azure Standard RIs for VMs offer **instance size flexibility** meaning that regardless of the RI size you have, it can cover running instances of any size in its particular family.

This means that if you scale up an instance, the smaller contract sizes will accumulate to cover the machine, as long as the total hours being used are less than what is reserved. You can easily verify this on your invoice and observe it reflected on our billing savings page.

## More Information

Azure offers more detailed information regarding Instance Size Flexibility for Azure Reserved Instances, including details about the instance sizes and their associated normalization factors.

See: [Instance Size Flexibility for Reserved Instances](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/reserved-vm-instance-size-flexibility#instance-size-flexibility-ratio-for-vms)

## Related Resources

* [Does Archera Rely on Azure Exchanges or Returns Policy?](/help-center/azure-faq/exchanges-returns-policy.md)
* [Does Archera Support Reservations for Azure Storage Disks?](/help-center/azure-faq/storage-disks.md)
* [Azure Storage Recommendations Not Showing](/help-center/azure-faq/storage-recommendations.md)
* [Azure Offboarding](/help-center/azure-onboarding/offboarding/offboarding.md)


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