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Expert knowledge for Azure HPC Cache development including troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment.
Passed 5 of 10 test cases with the skill, and 8 of 10 without it.
and 1 more in the full report
4 fixed7 passed either way1 still failing10 broke
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Our deployment requires launching 10 high-throughput cache nodes in a single subscription, but deployment fails with an error indicating limit reach. How can an administrator request additional core allocation or cache instance capacity from Azure support?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| instructs filing a quota increase request via the Help + support blade in Azure Portal for Azure HPC Cache limits | Missed | Passed |
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This skill provides expert guidance for Azure HPC Cache. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.
IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g.,
L35-L120), useread_filewith the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g.,[security.md](security.md)), useread_fileon the linked reference file
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mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.| Category | Lines | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troubleshooting | L37-L42 | Diagnosing and resolving Azure HPC Cache issues with Blob storage firewalls and NFS storage targets, including connectivity, access, and configuration problems. |
| Best Practices | L43-L51 | Guidance on optimizing Azure HPC Cache: client load balancing, efficient data movement and manual copy to Blob targets, NFS-on-Blob considerations, and priming caches for better hit rates. |
| Decision Making | L52-L57 | Guidance on when Azure HPC Cache is appropriate, comparing usage models, workload patterns, performance needs, and deciding if/when to adopt it for your architecture. |
| Architecture & Design Patterns | L58-L63 | Designing Azure HPC Cache namespaces across multiple back-end storage systems, and planning regional redundancy, high availability, and failover strategies for cached workloads. |
| Limits & Quotas | L64-L68 | How to request and manage Azure HPC Cache quota increases, including limits on cache instances, capacities, and the support process for raising quotas. |
| Security | L69-L76 | Configuring HPC Cache security: client access policies, directory/AD integration and extended groups, customer-managed encryption keys, and overall cache security settings. |
| Configuration | L77-L90 | Configuring and operating Azure HPC Cache: CLI setup, networking/DNS/NTP, storage targets and namespaces, mounting NFS clients, lifecycle management, metrics, and environment prerequisites. |
| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L91-L98 | Scripts and patterns for ingesting data (msrsync, parallelcp), controlling write-back with flush_file.py, and integrating Azure HPC Cache with Azure NetApp Files. |
| Deployment | L99-L103 | Creating Azure HPC Cache instances via portal/CLI, and recreating or moving existing caches to a different region while preserving configuration and data paths |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Work around Blob firewall issues for HPC Cache targets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-blob-firewall-fix |
| Troubleshoot NFS storage target issues in Azure HPC Cache | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/troubleshoot-nas |
| Topic | URL |
|---|---|
| Load balance client connections across Azure HPC Cache IPs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/client-load-balancing |
| Optimize data movement to Azure HPC Cache Blob targets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-ingest |
| Manually copy data into Azure HPC Cache Blob targets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/hpc-cache/hpc-cache-ingest-manual |
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