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Instance Typez4m-highmem-16n2-highmem-16
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
16 – 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
2 – Generation
highmem – 8x RAM/CPU ratio
16 – Number of CPUs
Instance FamilyStorage optimizedGeneral-purpose
DescriptionStorage Optimized VM: 16 vCPUs, 122 GB RAM, 1 Local SSDs16 vCPUs 128 GB RAM
vCPUs1616
Memory122 GiB128 GiB
CPU Architecturex86_64x86_64
ProcessorIntel Emerald RapidsIntel Cascade Lake and Ice Lake
Coremark Score276327
Shared CPUnono
GPUnono
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)noyes
25%-50% Usage Sustained Discount0.8678
50%-75% Usage Sustained Discount0.733
75%-100% Usage Sustained Discount0.6
Extended Memoryyes
Sole Tenancynoyes
Nested Virtualizationnoyes
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenono
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI, NVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD168000 GB9000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnoyes
Hyperdisk Extremeyesyes
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IRDMA, IDPFgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.17x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
z4m-highmem-16
n2-highmem-16
EuropeFinland (europe-north1)1.1395n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a1.0481
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.1804
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.2136
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.2158
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.2158
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.2368
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.2368
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.2588
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.2588
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.2589
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.2589
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a1.1529
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.2640
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.2683
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.2735
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.2929
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.3435
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a1.3460
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a1.3460
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a1.3503
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a1.3503
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a1.3503
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.1530
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a1.3521
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a1.3731
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a1.4093
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a1.4665
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a1.4871
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a1.4988
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a1.6637
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a1.6770
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.1530
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.1538
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.1538
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.1538
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.1539
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.1803
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)1.03481.0481
North AmericaOhio (us-east5)n/a1.0481
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a1.0481
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