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Instance Typec3d-highmem-30-lssdc4a-highmem-32-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
3 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
30 – Number of CPUs
lssd – Local SSD
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
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
32 – Number of CPUs
lssd – Local SSD
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description30 vCPUs, 240 GB RAM, 2 local SSDs32 vCPUs, 256 GB RAM, 6 local SSD
vCPUs3032
Memory240 GiB256 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorAMD EPYC GenoaGoogle Axion
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks12832
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD12000 GB6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.10x

Regional Prices

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Region
c3d-highmem-30-lssd
c4a-highmem-32-lssd
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)2.00241.8861
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a2.0768
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a2.1243
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a2.1500
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a2.1839
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a2.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a2.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a2.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a2.2673
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a2.2822
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a2.2916
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)2.12711.8861
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a2.3269
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a2.3579
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a2.4221
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a2.4512
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a2.4708
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a2.5362
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a2.6970
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a2.9949
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)2.26641.9614
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.9804
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.9804
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a2.0558
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a2.0768
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a2.0768
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a2.0768
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)1.83711.8861
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)1.83711.8861
EuropeSweden (europe-north2)1.9289n/a
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a1.8861
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