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Instance Typec2-standard-8c4-standard-8-lssd
DetailsHigh-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
2 – Generation
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding.

c – Compute optimized
4 – Generation
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
lssd – Local SSD
Instance FamilyCompute optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionCompute Optimized: 8 vCPUs, 32 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 30 GB RAM, 1 local SSD
vCPUs88
Memory32 GiB30 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Cascade LakeIntel Emerald Rapids and Granite Rapids
Coremark Score146712
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)yesno
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationyesyes
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)NVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD3000 GB18000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price DiffInfinityx

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c2-standard-8
c4-standard-8-lssd
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.3953
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.4353
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.4353
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.4353
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.4453
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.4507
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.4578
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.4586
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.4586
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.4665
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.4665
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.3953
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.4665
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.4752
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.4752
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.4877
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.4942
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.5077
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.5077
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.5139
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.5179
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.5316
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.4112
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.5530
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.5653
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.6278
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.4112
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.4151
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.4151
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.4151
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.4309
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.4353
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)n/a0.3953
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.3953
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.3953
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