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Instance Typez4m-highmem-16n2d-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 RapidsAMD EPYC Rome and EPYC Milan
Coremark Score327341
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 Virtualizationnono
Custom Shapesnoyes
Confidential Computenoyes
Maximum Persistent Disks32128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size263168 GB263168 GB
Disk Interface TypeNVMeSCSI, NVMe
Local SSDyesyes
Max Local SSD168000 GB9000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disksnono
Hyperdisk Extremeyesno
Hyperdisk Throughputyesyes
Network InterfacesgVNIC, IRDMA, IDPFgVNIC, VirtIO-Net
Avg Price Diff1.00x1.01x

Regional Prices

US Dollar ($)
Per Hour
On Demand
Geography
Region
z4m-highmem-16
n2d-highmem-16
EuropeFinland (europe-north1)1.1395n/a
HiddenHidden (hidden-1)n/a0.9118
HiddenHidden (hidden-10)n/a1.0269
HiddenHidden (hidden-11)n/a1.0269
HiddenHidden (hidden-12)n/a1.0558
HiddenHidden (hidden-13)n/a1.0577
HiddenHidden (hidden-14)n/a1.0577
HiddenHidden (hidden-15)n/a1.0760
HiddenHidden (hidden-16)n/a1.0760
HiddenHidden (hidden-17)n/a1.0952
HiddenHidden (hidden-18)n/a1.0952
HiddenHidden (hidden-19)n/a1.0952
HiddenHidden (hidden-2)n/a0.9118
HiddenHidden (hidden-20)n/a1.0998
HiddenHidden (hidden-21)n/a1.1033
HiddenHidden (hidden-22)n/a1.1079
HiddenHidden (hidden-23)n/a1.1249
HiddenHidden (hidden-24)n/a1.1689
HiddenHidden (hidden-25)n/a1.1710
HiddenHidden (hidden-26)n/a1.1710
HiddenHidden (hidden-27)n/a1.1747
HiddenHidden (hidden-28)n/a1.1747
HiddenHidden (hidden-29)n/a1.1747
HiddenHidden (hidden-3)n/a1.0030
HiddenHidden (hidden-30)n/a1.1763
HiddenHidden (hidden-31)n/a1.1945
HiddenHidden (hidden-32)n/a1.2261
HiddenHidden (hidden-33)n/a1.2758
HiddenHidden (hidden-34)n/a1.2938
HiddenHidden (hidden-35)n/a1.3039
HiddenHidden (hidden-36)n/a1.4474
HiddenHidden (hidden-37)n/a1.4589
HiddenHidden (hidden-4)n/a1.0031
HiddenHidden (hidden-5)n/a1.0031
HiddenHidden (hidden-6)n/a1.0039
HiddenHidden (hidden-7)n/a1.0039
HiddenHidden (hidden-8)n/a1.0039
HiddenHidden (hidden-9)n/a1.0039
APACIndia (asia-south1)n/a0.6018
North AmericaIowa (us-central1)1.03480.9118
North AmericaSouth Carolina (us-east1)n/a0.9118
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