Merge pull request #107522 from dimitri-furman/dimitri-furman

Clarified vCore sizing

Author: PRMerger18

articles/sql-database/sql-database-single-database-scale.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ms.topic: conceptual
 author: stevestein
 ms.author: sstein
 ms.reviewer: carlrab
-ms.date: 04/26/2019
+ms.date: 03/10/2020
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 # Scale single database resources in Azure SQL Database
 
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ You are billed for each hour a database exists using the highest service tier +
 
 ### vCore-based purchasing model
 
-- Storage can be provisioned up to the max size limit using 1GB increments. The minimum configurable data storage is 5 GB
-- Storage for a single database can be provisioned by increasing or decreasing its max size using the
- [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com), [Transact-SQL](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/t-sql/statements/alter-database-transact-sql?view=azuresqldb-current#examples-1), [PowerShell](/powershell/module/az.sql/set-azsqldatabase), the [Azure CLI](/cli/azure/sql/db#az-sql-db-update), or the [REST API](https://docs.microsoft.com/rest/api/sql/databases/update).
-- SQL Database automatically allocates 30% of additional storage for the log files and 32GB per vCore for TempDB, but not to exceed 384GB. TempDB is located on an attached SSD in all service tiers.
-- The price of storage for a single database is the sum of data storage and log storage amounts multiplied by the storage unit price of the service tier. The cost of TempDB is included in the vCore price. For details on the price of extra storage, see [SQL Database pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/sql-database/).
+- Storage can be provisioned up to the data storage max size limit using 1 GB increments. The minimum configurable data storage is 1 GB. See resource limit documentation pages for [single databases](sql-database-vcore-resource-limits-single-databases.md) and [elastic pools](sql-database-vcore-resource-limits-elastic-pools.md) for data storage max size limits in each service objective.
+- Data storage for a single database can be provisioned by increasing or decreasing its max size using the [Azure portal](https://portal.azure.com), [Transact-SQL](https://docs.microsoft.com/sql/t-sql/statements/alter-database-transact-sql?view=azuresqldb-current#examples-1), [PowerShell](/powershell/module/az.sql/set-azsqldatabase), [Azure CLI](/cli/azure/sql/db#az-sql-db-update), or [REST API](https://docs.microsoft.com/rest/api/sql/databases/update). If the max size value is specified in bytes, it must be a multiple of 1 GB (1073741824 bytes).
+- The amount of data that can be stored in the data files of a database is limited by the configured data storage max size. In addition to that storage, SQL Database automatically allocates 30% more storage to be used for the transaction log.
+- SQL Database automatically allocates 32 GB per vCore for the `tempdb` database. `tempdb` is located on the local SSD storage in all service tiers.
+- The price of storage for a single database or an elastic pool is the sum of data storage and transaction log storage amounts multiplied by the storage unit price of the service tier. The cost of `tempdb` is included in the price. For details on storage price, see [SQL Database pricing](https://azure.microsoft.com/pricing/details/sql-database/).
 
 > [!IMPORTANT]
 > Under some circumstances, you may need to shrink a database to reclaim unused space. For more information, see [Manage file space in Azure SQL Database](sql-database-file-space-management.md).