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Instance Typez4m-highmem-32c2d-highmem-32
DetailsHighest block storage to compute ratios for storage-intensive workloads. File servers, Flash-optimized databases, Scale-out analytics.

z – Storage optimized
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
32 – 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
2 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
32 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedCompute optimized
DescriptionStorage Optimized VM: 32 vCPUs, 244 GB RAM, 2 Local SSDs32 vCPUs, 256 GB RAM
vCPUs3232
Memory244 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Emerald RapidsAMD EPYC Milan
Coremark Score709754
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynono
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenoyes
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size524288 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI, NVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD168000 GB3000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesno
Hyperdisk Throughputyesno
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IRDMA, IDPFgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price DiffInfinityx

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z4m-highmem-32
c2d-highmem-32
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a1.9595
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HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.3122
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.3535
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.3555
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HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.5164
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.5164
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HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a2.5244
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a2.5278
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a2.7411
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HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a2.1575
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HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.2067
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.2067
APACIndia (asia-south1)n/a1.2933
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)n/a1.9595
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a1.9595
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