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Instance Typez4m-highmem-192-metalc3-highmem-192-metal
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
192 – Number of CPUs
metal – Bare metal instance
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
3 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
192 – Number of CPUs
metal – Bare metal instance
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionStorage Optimized Bare Metal: 192 vCPUs, 1536 GB RAM, 12 Local SSDsCompute Optimized Bare Metal: 192 vCPUs, 1.5 TB RAM
vCPUs192192
Memory1536 GiB1536 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Emerald RapidsIntel Sapphire Rapids
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenoyes
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size524288 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD168000 GB12000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IRDMA, IDPFgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price DiffInfinityx

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North AmericaIowa (us-central1)n/a12.7016
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