Deploy Alluxio on Azure Cobalt 100 Arm64 virtual machines for data orchestration and caching
Introduction
Understand Alluxio on Azure Cobalt 100
Create an Azure Cobalt 100 Arm64 virtual machine
Allow access to the Alluxio Web UI on Azure
Deploy Alluxio on Azure Cobalt 100
Integrate Alluxio with Apache Spark and optimize performance
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About this Learning Path

Skill level:  Introductory
Reading time:  1 hr 30 min
Last updated:  11 May 2026
Skill level:
  Introductory
Reading time:
  1 hr 30 min
Last updated:
  11 May 2026
Author:Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:Neoverse
Tags: Containers and Virtualization Microsoft Azure Linux Alluxio Apache Spark Java
Author:
  • Pareena Verma, Arm
Arm IP:
Neoverse
Tags:
Containers and Virtualization Microsoft Azure Linux Alluxio Apache Spark Java

Who is this for?

This is an introductory topic for developers, data engineers, and platform engineers who want to build high-performance data pipelines and analytics systems using Alluxio on Arm-based cloud environments.

What will you learn?

Upon completion of this Learning Path, you will be able to:

  • Install and configure Alluxio on Azure Cobalt 100 Arm64 virtual machines
  • Configure data caching using Alluxio memory storage
  • Integrate Alluxio with Apache Spark for analytics workloads
  • Benchmark data access performance and understand caching benefits

Prerequisites

Before starting, you will need the following:

  • A Microsoft Azure account with access to Cobalt 100 based instances (Dpsv6)
  • Basic knowledge of Linux command-line operations
  • Familiarity with SSH and remote server access
  • Basic understanding of data processing, storage systems, and caching concepts
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