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Instance Typee2-highmem-16z3-highmem-16-highlssd
DetailsCost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments.

e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities
2 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
16 – Number of CPUs
Highest block storage to compute ratios for storage-intensive workloads. File servers, Flash-optimized databases, Scale-out analytics.

z – Storage optimized
3 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
16 – Number of CPUs
highlssd – High Local SSD
Instance FamilyCost optimizedStorage optimized
DescriptionEfficient Instance, 16 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM16 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM, 2 Local SSDs
vCPUs1616
Memory128 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC MilanIntel Sapphire Rapids
Coremark Score208433
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynono
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSINVMe
Local SSDnoyes
Max Local SSD36000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.15x

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e2-highmem-16
z3-highmem-16-highlssd
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.72321.6463
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.79622.0311
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.81452.0579
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.81452.1142
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.83742.1567
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.83892.1567
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.83892.1568
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.8534n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.8534n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.8686n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.8686n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.75941.7122
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.8686n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.8686n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-39)1.1571n/a
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HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.79611.8768
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.79611.9427
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.79611.9427
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.72321.6463
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.7232n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.72321.6463
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a1.6463
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