WebJob Resources in Azure

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I have a Webjob which holds quite a lot of data in memory and can run for long periods of time. As a webjob runs as part of a service plan I can see the highest level of resource available to a service plan is 7GB of memory. Obviously this plan is shared across other things using it too like websites etc. My question is as follows, If I require that my webjob needs more memory than is available in a service plan, what are my options? Is there something else in Azure that will allow me to run my C# Console App on a scheduled basis with more resource? I am currently using the Azure Queue to trigger a continuous webjob.

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I think Azure Bath has more computing resource. Iy shoud work for you. Or you can scale you webjob. Or you can use Azure function with a dynamic app service plan ? – Thomas
I have been looking into Azure functions but it looks like there is a 1.5GB limit for these? @Thomas – RichieRoo

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I believe Azure Functions is exactly what you are looking for. It allows for running your custom code on a scheduled\triggered basis and can scale indefinitely "for free" in a sense that it doesn't need any manual interventions, not in a sense of money.

It also allows for easy integrations with Azure Queue, for example. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/documentation/articles/functions-bindings-storage/#storagequeueoutput

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I am currently using the Azure Queue to trigger a continuous webjob.

Since your webjob is running in continuous mode with Azure queue triggered. I think scale out maybe help you to reduce your memory consumption. If you want to avoid wasting of resources, please try use Auto scale.