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title: Default hardware specifications for GCP instances
description: Following are the preferred instance types / machine configurations, storage types, disk to memory ratios, and virtual CPU to RAM ratios for all instance...
url: https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/cloud/cloud-hosted/gcp-default-provider
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Hosted: Generally available
---

# Default hardware specifications for GCP instances
Following are the preferred instance types / machine configurations, storage types, disk to memory ratios, and virtual CPU to RAM ratios for all instance configurations available on Elastic Cloud Hosted and provided by GCP.

| Instance configuration                                        | Preferred Instance Type or Machine Configuration^1^ | Storage Type^1^                | Disk:Memory Ratio^2^ | vCPU/RAM Ratio^2^ |
|---------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
| gcp.es.datahot.n2.68x10x45                                    | N2                                                  | NVMe                           | 45:1                 | 0.156             |
| gcp.es.datahot.n2.68x10x95                                    | N2                                                  | NVMe                           | 95:1                 | 0.156             |
| gcp.es.datahot.n2.68x16x45                                    | N2                                                  | NVMe                           | 45:1                 | 0.250             |
| gcp.es.datahot.c4a.highcpu, gcp.es.datahot.search.c4a.highcpu | C4a                                                 | NVMe                           | 35:1                 | 0.533             |
| gcp.es.datahot.n2.68x32x45                                    | N2                                                  | NVMe                           | 45:1                 | 0.500             |
| gcp.es.datahot.n2d.64x8x11                                    | N2d                                                 | NVMe                           | 11:1                 | 0.133             |
| gcp.es.datawarm.n2.68x10x190                                  | N2                                                  | Zonal standard persistent disk | 190:1                | 0.156             |
| gcp.es.datacold.n2.68x10x190                                  | N2                                                  | Zonal standard persistent disk | 190:1                | 0.156             |
| gcp.es.datafrozen.n2.68x10x90                                 | N2                                                  | NVMe                           | 90:1                 | 0.156             |

^1^ Preferred instance and storage types are subject to provider availability. To learn more about our provider instances, check the [GCP](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types) reference page.
^2^ Ratios are estimations.

## Additional instances

Following are the preferred instance configuration and virtual CPU to RAM ratios for additional instance configurations available on Elastic Cloud Hosted and provided by GCP.

| Instance configuration             | Preferred Instance Type or Machine Configuration^1^ | vCPU/RAM Ratio^2^ |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| gcp.es.master.c4a.highcpu          | C4a                                                 | 0.533             |
| gcp.es.master.n2.68x32x45          | N2                                                  | 0.500             |
| gcp.es.ml.n2.68x32x45              | N2                                                  | 0.500             |
| gcp.es.coordinating.n2.68x16x45    | N2                                                  | 0.250             |
| gcp.kibana.c4a.highcpu             | C4a                                                 | 0.533             |
| gcp.kibana.n2.68x32x45             | N2                                                  | 0.500             |
| gcp.apm.c4a.highcpu                | C4a                                                 | 0.533             |
| gcp.apm.n2.68x32x45                | N2                                                  | 0.500             |
| gcp.integrationsserver.c4a.highcpu | C4a                                                 | 0.533             |
| gcp.integrationsserver.n2.68x32x45 | N2                                                  | 0.500             |

^1^ Preferred instance and storage types are subject to provider availability. To learn more about our provider instances, check the [GCP](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types) reference page.
^2^ Ratios are estimations.