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Instance Typez4m-highmem-16c4a-highmem-16
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
16 – 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
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
16 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionStorage Optimized VM: 16 vCPUs, 122 GB RAM, 1 Local SSDs16 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM
vCPUs1616
Memory122 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64arm64
ProcessorIntel Emerald RapidsGoogle Axion
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks3232
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD168000 GB6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IRDMA, IDPFgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price DiffInfinityx

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z4m-highmem-16
c4a-highmem-16
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.9430
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.0384
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.0384
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.0621
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.0750
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.0919
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.1128
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.1128
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.1128
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.1336
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.1411
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.9430
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.1458
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.1634
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.1789
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.2111
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.2256
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a1.2354
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a1.2681
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a1.3485
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a1.4975
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.9807
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.9902
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.9902
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.0279
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.0384
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.0384
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.0384
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)n/a0.9430
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.9430
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.9430
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