The c3d-highmem-8-lssd is a gcp compute instance type featuring multiple vCPUs and optimized memory, commonly used for compute workloads.
| Compute | Value |
| vCPUs | 8 |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| c3d-highcpu-4 | 4 | 8 |
| c3d-highmem-4 | 4 | 32 |
| c3d-standard-4 | 4 | 16 |
| c3d-highcpu-8 | 8 | 16 |
| c3d-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| c3d-highmem-8-lssd | 8 | 64 |
| c3d-standard-8 | 8 | 32 |
| c3d-standard-8-lssd | 8 | 32 |
| c3d-highcpu-16 | 16 | 32 |
| c3d-highmem-16 | 16 | 128 |
| c3d-highmem-16-lssd | 16 | 128 |
| c3d-standard-16 | 16 | 64 |
| c3d-standard-16-lssd | 16 | 64 |
| c3d-highcpu-30 | 30 | 59 |
| c3d-highmem-30 | 30 | 240 |
| c3d-highmem-30-lssd | 30 | 240 |
| c3d-standard-30 | 30 | 120 |
| c3d-standard-30-lssd | 30 | 120 |
| c3d-highcpu-60 | 60 | 118 |
| c3d-highmem-60 | 60 | 480 |
| c3d-highmem-60-lssd | 60 | 480 |
| c3d-standard-60 | 60 | 240 |
| c3d-standard-60-lssd | 60 | 240 |
| c3d-highcpu-90 | 90 | 177 |
| c3d-highmem-90 | 90 | 720 |
| c3d-highmem-90-lssd | 90 | 720 |
| c3d-standard-90 | 90 | 360 |
| c3d-standard-90-lssd | 90 | 360 |
| c3d-highcpu-180 | 180 | 354 |
| c3d-highmem-180 | 180 | 1440 |
| c3d-highmem-180-lssd | 180 | 1440 |
| c3d-standard-180 | 180 | 720 |
| c3d-standard-180-lssd | 180 | 720 |
| c3d-highcpu-360 | 360 | 708 |
| c3d-highmem-360 | 360 | 2880 |
| c3d-highmem-360-lssd | 360 | 2880 |
| c3d-standard-360 | 360 | 1440 |
| c3d-standard-360-lssd | 360 | 1440 |
| Instance | vCPUs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| c4a-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| c4a-highmem-8-lssd | 8 | 64 |
| c2d-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| e2-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |
| c3-highmem-8 | 8 | 64 |

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