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Instance Typec4a-highmem-96-metalz4d-highmem-96-standardlssd
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
Highest 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
96 – Number of CPUs
standardlssd – Standard Local SSD
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeStorage optimized
Description96 vCPUs, 768 GB RAMStorage Optimized VM: 96 vCPUs, 756 GB RAM, 6 Local SSDs
vCPUs9696
Memory768 GiB756 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorGoogle AxionAMD EPYC Turin
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancyyesno
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks12864
Maximum Persistent Disks Size524288 GB524288 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD6000 GB84000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IDPFgVNIC
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.87x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
c4a-highmem-96-metal
z4d-highmem-96-standardlssd
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)5.9412n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)6.3729n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)6.6769n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)7.2663n/a
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)5.658211.5651
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)5.658211.5651
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)5.658211.5651
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