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Specifications
Server Metadata
Vendor ID | gcp |
Server ID | 999921020 |
Name | n4a-highmem-16 |
Description | 16 vCPUs, 128 GB RAM |
Family | n4a |
Hw Virt | - |
Status | active |
Observed At | 2026-10-28T23:53:37.891612 |
Availability
| REGION / ID | SPOT | ONDEMAND |
|---|---|---|
Council Bluffs (US) / us-central1 | 0.3064 USD/h | 0.8086 USD/h |
The Dalles (US) / us-west1 | 0.3214 USD/h | 0.8086 USD/h |
Moncks Corner (US) / us-east1 | 0.3214 USD/h | 0.8086 USD/h |
Ashburn (US) / us-east4 | 0.4108 USD/h | 0.8086 USD/h |
Eemshaven (NL) / europe-west4 | 0.4118 USD/h | 0.849 USD/h |
St. Ghislain (BE) / europe-west1 | 0.5337 USD/h | 0.8899 USD/h |
London (GB) / europe-west2 | 0.491 USD/h | 0.9216 USD/h |
Frankfurt (DE) / europe-west3 | 0.5081 USD/h | 0.9539 USD/h |
Jurong West (SG) / asia-southeast1 | 0.598 USD/h | 0.9971 USD/h |
Processor
vCPUs | 16 |
CPU Allocation | Dedicated |
CPU Architecture | arm64 |
System Resources and Accelerators
| MEMORY | |
|---|---|
Memory Amount | 128 GiB |
| ACCELERATORS | |
|---|---|
Accelerator Count | 0 |
Accelerator Memory Min | 0 MiB |
Accelerator Memory Total | 0 MiB |
Accelerators |
| STORAGE | |
|---|---|
Storage Size | 0 GB |
Storages |
| NETWORK | |
|---|---|
Inbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
Outbound Traffic | 0 GB/month |
IPv4 | 0 |
Server Description
An energy-efficient arm64 virtual machine featuring a high memory-to-core ratio for memory-intensive enterprise workloads and database caching.
Google Cloud Platform n4a-highmem-16 is an arm64-based virtual machine instance from the n4a family, designed for memory-intensive workloads. It features 16 dedicated vCPUs and 128.0 GB of system memory, yielding a high resource density of 8.0 GB of RAM per core. This instance does not include local storage or integrated GPUs, and it offers zero complimentary public IPv4 addresses. Built on an energy-efficient ARM architecture, the n4a-highmem-16 provides a cost-effective solution for memory-heavy applications by delivering dedicated compute resources alongside a substantial memory pool. It is highly suited for workloads such as in-memory databases, caching systems, data buffering, and enterprise applications requiring significant memory capacity without the need for local disk storage or hardware acceleration.
Economics
Alternatives
Servers of the Same Family
| INSTANCE | vCPUs | MEMORY | Accelerators |
|---|---|---|---|
| n4a-highcpu-1 | 1 | 2 GiB | 0 |
| n4a-standard-1 | 1 | 4 GiB | 0 |
| n4a-highmem-1 | 1 | 8 GiB | 0 |
| n4a-highcpu-2 | 2 | 4 GiB | 0 |
| n4a-standard-2 | 2 | 8 GiB | 0 |
| n4a-highmem-2 | 2 | 16 GiB | 0 |
| n4a-highcpu-4 | 4 | 8 GiB | 0 |
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