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Instance Typee2-highmem-8n1-highmem-8
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
8 – 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.

n – General purpose
1 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
8 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyCost optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionEfficient Instance, 8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM8 vCPUs, 52 GB RAM
vCPUs88
Memory64 GiB52 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC MilanIntel Skylake, Broadwell, Haswell, Sandy Bridge, and Ivy Bridge
Coremark Score104083104145
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)noyes
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.4
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesyesyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSISCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)
Local SSDnoyes
Max Local SSD9000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnono
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.31x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
e2-highmem-8
n1-highmem-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.36160.5205
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.39810.5683
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.40720.5683
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.40720.5684
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.41870.5684
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.41940.5726
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.41940.5837
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.42670.6067
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.42670.6067
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.43430.6067
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.43430.6097
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.37970.5206
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.43430.6097
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.43430.6199
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.43610.6363
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.43750.6621
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.43930.6714
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.44610.6714
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.46350.7511
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)0.4635n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)0.4635n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)0.4659n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.39410.5209
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)0.4659n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)0.4659n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)0.4665n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)0.4737n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)0.4862n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)0.5059n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)0.5131n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)0.5171n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)0.5740n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)0.5786n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.39780.5209
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.39780.5209
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.39780.5210
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.39810.5329
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.39810.5329
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.39810.5479
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.36160.4732
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)0.3616n/a
North AmericaOregon (us-west1)n/a0.4732
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.36160.4732
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