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Instance Typec4a-highmem-96-metalc4d-highmem-96-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
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
96 – 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
4 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
96 – Number of CPUs
lssd – Local SSD
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeGeneral-purpose
Description96 vCPUs, 768 GB RAM96 vCPUs, 756 GB RAM, 8 local SSDs
vCPUs9696
Memory768 GiB756 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionAMD EPYC Turin
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks12832
Maximum Persistent Disks Size524288 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD6000 GB12000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesno
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IDPFgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.05x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
c4a-highmem-96-metal
c4d-highmem-96-lssd
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)6.37296.0713
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a7.4255
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a7.5169
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)6.67696.3668
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)7.26636.5125
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a6.5917
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a6.6952
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a6.8227
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a6.8230
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a6.9508
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a7.1335
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)5.9412n/a
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)5.65825.7822
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a5.7822
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)5.65825.7822
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