INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Sometimes, you just need more RAM
That especially true when you want to run memory-hungry enterprise applications like SAP HANA database or high-performance computing
Until now, if you wanted the Google Compute Engine to run applications like that, your options topped out at 624GB of memory
Starting today, though, the company is going beyond that by introducing three new tiers on top of this that top outat 3844GB and 160 virtual
compute cores.
These three new machine types, dubbed &n1-ultramem,& joinGoogle existing &n1-megamem& machines
Unsurprisingly, this kind of performance comes at a price
Running the &low-end& machine with 40 cores and 938GB of RAM for a month will set you back just over $3,221
The high-end machine, with 160 cores and 3844GB of RAM, is yours for $12,885.1716 per month.
You can see the hourly prices below:
With
these new machines, Google now matches the top-end memory-optimized options on the AWS platform, though Google offers slightly more compute
power thanks to a higher number of cores and newer processors.
Unsurprisingly, Google notes that the canonical use casefor this kind of
machine is running SAP HANA
&If you&ve delayed moving to the cloud because you have not been able to find big enough instances for your SAP HANA implementation, take a
look at Compute Engine,& the company writes today
&Now you don&t need to keep your database on-premises while your apps move to cloud.&
The new ultramemmachines are now available in three
Google Cloud regions (us-central1, us-east1 and europe-west1), with more to follow.
