High-memory machine types
High-memory machine types (n1-highmem) are geared toward workloads that require a higher ratio of RAM to vCPU than found in the n1-standard family. High-memory machine types have a ratio of 6.5 GB of RAM per vCPU. High-memory machines start at 2 vCPUs and 13 GB of RAM for the n1-highmem-2 machine type, also increasing in steps, doubling both vCPU and RAM to n1-highmem-64. As with the n1-standard family, the largest member of the n1-highmem family has 96 vCPUs, with 624 GB of RAM, and is currently in beta.
High-memory machines have a per-hour cost of roughly 125% that of their n1-standard equivalent. For example, an n1-standard-2 machine in Iowa carries a per-hour cost of $0.095, while an n1-highmem-2 machine will ...
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