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Instance Typet2a-standard-4e2-highmem-8
DetailsTau T-instances where each vCPU is equivalent to an entire core that gives cost-effective performance. Scale-out workloads, Web servers, Containerized microservices.

t – General purpose with entire core
2 – Generation
standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio
4 – Number of CPUs
Cost 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
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeCost optimized
Description4 vCPUs, 16 GB RAMEfficient Instance, 8 vCPUs, 64 GB RAM
vCPUs48
Memory16 GiB64 GiB
CPU Architecturearm64x86_64
ProcessorAmpere AltraIntel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score94096104083
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.4
Sole Tenancynono
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks128128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI
Local SSDnono
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenono
Hyperdisk Throughputnono
Network InterfacesgVNICgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.59x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
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t2a-standard-4
e2-highmem-8
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.3616
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a0.3981
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a0.4072
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a0.4072
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a0.4187
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a0.4194
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a0.4194
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a0.4267
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a0.4267
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a0.4343
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a0.4343
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.3797
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a0.4343
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a0.4343
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a0.4361
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a0.4375
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a0.4393
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a0.4461
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a0.4635
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a0.4635
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a0.4635
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a0.4659
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a0.3941
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a0.4659
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a0.4659
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a0.4665
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a0.4737
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a0.4862
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a0.5059
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a0.5131
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a0.5171
HiddenHidden (hidden-38)n/a0.5740
HiddenHidden (hidden-39)n/a0.5786
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a0.3978
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a0.3978
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a0.3978
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a0.3981
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a0.3981
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a0.3981
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.15400.3616
EuropeNetherlands (europe-west4)0.1618n/a
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.3616
APACSingapore (asia-southeast1)0.1899n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.3616
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