Google Cloud unveils high-memory M4N virtual machines
Google Cloud just launched its M4N virtual machine family for businesses running massive, memory-hungry apps. M4N promises the best storage speed and memory per compute core among the big cloud vendors. It can go up to 6 terabytes of RAM and hit 1 million input/output operations per second, while letting companies tune exactly how many CPU cores they really need—often cutting database costs by more than 20%.
- Up to 6TB RAM and 26:1 memory-to-CPU ratio
- Up to 1 million IOPS, 25 GiB/s of storage speed
- Powered by 5th Gen Intel Xeon processors
- Early users see over 20% lower total costs
- Targets storage and memory-bound enterprise workloads
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