Compute Engine Z4M storage-optimized machines GA, with up to 168,000 GiB local SSD

Preview: You can create regional disks, including Hyperdisk Balanced High Availability volumes, by cloning a zonal boot disk.

For more information, see Duplicate a disk with clones.

Generally available: The storage-optimized Z4M machine series is generally available for Compute Engine. Powered by fifth generation Intel Emerald Rapids Xeon Scalable processors and Titanium offload processors, Z4M instances are purpose-built for workloads that require larger storage capacity, such as:

• Parallel file systems to support AI/ML workloads
• I/O intensive workloads such as SQL, NoSQL, and vector databases
• AI/ML training and inference workloads such as checkpointing and distributed Key-Value (KV) cache

The Z4M machine series delivers up to 1,536 GB of memory and 168,000 GiB of local Titanium SSD capacity. Z4M also supports up to 400 Gbps of network bandwidth using two physical NICs. Z4M instances use Titanium and Cloud RDMA to help enable higher levels of networking performance, isolation, and security.

For more information, see Storage-optimized machine family.