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Instance Typen1-highmem-8z4d-highmem-8-highlssd
DetailsHigh-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
Highest 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
8 – Number of CPUs
highlssd – High Local SSD
Instance FamilyGeneral-purposeStorage optimized
Description8 vCPUs, 52 GB RAMStorage Optimized VM: 8 vCPUs, 63 GB RAM, 1 Local SSDs
vCPUs88
Memory52 GiB63 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Skylake, Broadwell, Haswell, Sandy Bridge, and Ivy BridgeAMD EPYC Turin
Coremark Score104145
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)yesno
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.4
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancyyesno
Nested Virtualizationyesno
Custom Shapesyesno
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks12816
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeSCSI (PD, Local SSD) NVMe (Local SSD)NVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD9000 GB84000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremenoyes
Hyperdisk Throughputnoyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, VirtIO-NetgVNIC
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.68x

Regional Prices

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n1-highmem-8
z4d-highmem-8-highlssd
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)0.5205n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)0.5683n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)0.5683n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)0.5684n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)0.5684n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)0.5726n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)0.5837n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)0.6067n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)0.6067n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)0.6067n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)0.6097n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)0.5206n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)0.6097n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)0.6199n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)0.6363n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)0.6621n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)0.6714n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)0.6714n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)0.7511n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)0.5209n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)0.5209n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)0.5209n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)0.5210n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)0.5329n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)0.5329n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)0.5479n/a
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)0.47320.9638
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a0.9638
North AmericaOregon (us-west1)0.4732n/a
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)0.4732n/a
North AmericaVirginia (us-east4)n/a0.9638
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