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| e2-micro | e2-medium |
| Cost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments. e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities 2 – Generation micro – 0.5x RAM/CPU ratio | Cost optimized with burstable capabilities. Low-traffic web servers, Small databases, Development and test environments. e – Economic general purpose with burstable capabilities 2 – Generation medium – 2x RAM/CPU ratio |
| Cost optimized | Cost optimized |
| Efficient Instance, 2 vCPU (1/8 shared physical core) and 1 GB RAM | Efficient Instance, 2 vCPU (1/2 shared physical core) and 4 GB RAM |
| 2 | 2 |
| 1 GiB | 4 GiB |
| x86_64 | x86_64 |
| Intel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan | Intel Skylake, Broadwell, and Haswell, AMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| yes | yes |
| no | no |
| 16 | 128 |
| 3072 GB | 263168 GB |
| SCSI | SCSI |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| no | no |
| gVNIC, VirtIO-Net | gVNIC, VirtIO-Net |
| 1.00x | 4.00x |
Regional Prices
Geography | Region | e2-micro | e2-medium |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-1) | 0.0084 | 0.0335 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-10) | 0.0092 | 0.0369 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-11) | 0.0094 | 0.0377 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-12) | 0.0094 | 0.0377 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-13) | 0.0097 | 0.0388 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-14) | 0.0097 | 0.0389 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-15) | 0.0097 | 0.0389 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-16) | 0.0099 | 0.0395 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-17) | 0.0099 | 0.0395 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-18) | 0.0101 | 0.0402 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-19) | 0.0101 | 0.0402 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-2) | 0.0088 | 0.0352 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-20) | 0.0101 | 0.0402 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-21) | 0.0101 | 0.0402 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-22) | 0.0101 | 0.0404 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-23) | 0.0101 | 0.0405 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-24) | 0.0102 | 0.0407 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-25) | 0.0103 | 0.0413 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-26) | 0.0107 | 0.0430 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-27) | 0.0107 | 0.0430 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-28) | 0.0107 | 0.0430 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-29) | 0.0108 | 0.0432 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-3) | 0.0091 | 0.0365 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-30) | 0.0108 | 0.0432 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-31) | 0.0108 | 0.0432 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-32) | 0.0108 | 0.0432 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-33) | 0.0110 | 0.0439 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-34) | 0.0113 | 0.0451 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-35) | 0.0117 | 0.0469 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-36) | 0.0119 | 0.0475 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-37) | 0.0120 | 0.0479 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-38) | 0.0133 | 0.0532 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-39) | 0.0134 | 0.0536 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-4) | 0.0092 | 0.0369 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-5) | 0.0092 | 0.0369 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-6) | 0.0092 | 0.0369 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-7) | 0.0092 | 0.0369 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-8) | 0.0092 | 0.0369 |
| Hidden | Hidden (hidden-9) | 0.0092 | 0.0369 |
| North America | Iowa (us-central1) | 0.0084 | 0.0335 |
| North America | Ohio (us-east5) | 0.0084 | 0.0335 |
| North America | South Carolina (us-east1) | 0.0084 | 0.0335 |
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