Google Appendix B: Google Compute Machine Type recommendations

The following table lists current and previous generation GCE virtual machine types that work well with Nasuni.

Type	Small	Medium	Large	Notes
N4 Standard	n4-standard-8 COW: Hyperdisk balanced	n4-standard-16 COW: Hyperdisk balanced	n4-standard-48 COW: Hyperdisk balanced	Current generation Intel VM (requires Nasuni 10.1+). N4 instances do not support NVME ephemeral devices, typically used for the COW.
C4 Standard	c4-standard-8 COW: Hyperdisk balanced	c4-standard-16 COW: Hyperdisk balanced	c4-standard-48 COW: Hyperdisk balanced	Current generation Intel VM (requires Nasuni 10.1+) We do not support the “-lssd” variant for the COW. Use a HyperDisk balanced disk for the COW instead.
N2 Standard	n2-standard-8 COW: Persistent Disk	n2-standard-16 COW: NVME Local SSD	n2-standard-48 COW: NVME Local SSD	Previous generation Intel VMs with flexible sizing

Type

Small

Medium

Large

Notes

n4-standard-8
COW: Hyperdisk balanced

n4-standard-16
COW: Hyperdisk balanced

n4-standard-48
COW: Hyperdisk balanced

Current generation Intel VM (requires Nasuni 10.1+).
N4 instances do not support NVME ephemeral devices, typically used for the COW.

c4-standard-8

COW: Hyperdisk balanced

c4-standard-16

COW: Hyperdisk balanced

c4-standard-48

COW: Hyperdisk balanced

Current generation Intel VM (requires Nasuni 10.1+)

We do not support the “-lssd” variant for the COW. Use a HyperDisk balanced disk for the COW instead.

n2-standard-8
COW: Persistent Disk

n2-standard-16
COW: NVME Local SSD

n2-standard-48
COW: NVME Local SSD

Previous generation Intel VMs with flexible sizing