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Instance Typez4m-highmem-192-metalh4d-megamem-192-lssd
DetailsHighest 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
192 – Number of CPUs
metal – Bare metal instance
HPC workloads, Computational fluid dynamics, crash safety, genomics, and financial modeling, General scientific and engineering computing.

h – Compute optimized for HPC
4 – Generation
megamem – 14x RAM/CPU ratio
192 – Number of CPUs
lssd – Local SSD
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedCompute optimized
DescriptionStorage Optimized Bare Metal: 192 vCPUs, 1536 GB RAM, 12 Local SSDs192 vCPUs, 3024 GB RAM, 32 local SSDs
vCPUs192192
Memory1536 GiB3024 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Emerald RapidsAMD EPYC Turin
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)nono
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnono
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size524288 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeNVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD168000 GB3750 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesno
Hyperdisk Throughputyesno
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IRDMA, IDPFgVNIC, IRDMA
Avg Price Diff1.00x2.72x

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z4m-highmem-192-metal
h4d-megamem-192-lssd
EuropeFinland (europe-north1)13.9856n/a
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)12.7016n/a
North AmericaNevada (us-west4)n/a36.2604
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