Supported GCP machine types
Vertica Analytic Database supports a range of machine types, each optimized for different workloads. When you deploy your Vertica Analytic Database cluster to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP), different machine types are available depending on how you provision your database.
Note
Some machine types are not available across all regions.The sections below list the GCP machine types that Vertica supports for Vertica cluster hosts, and for use in Management Console. For details on the configuration of the machine type options, see the Google Cloud documentation's Machine types page.
Machine types available for MC hosts
Vertica supports all N1, N2, E2, M1, M2, and C2 machine types to deploy an instance for running the Vertica Management Console.
Tip
In most cases, 8 vCPUs are sufficient when selecting a machine type for running the Management Console.Machine types available for Vertica database cluster hosts
Vertica supports all N1, N2, E2, M1, M2, and C2 machine types to deploy cluster hosts.
Machine types for Vertica database cluster hosts provisioned from MC
The table below lists the GCP machine types that Vertica supports when you provision your cluster from Management Console.
| Machine Type | Machine Name |
|---|---|
| N1 standard |
n1-standard-16 n1-standard-32 n1-standard-64 |
| N1 high-memory |
n1-highmem-16 n1-highmem-32 n1-highmem-64 |
| N2 standard |
n2-standard-16 n2-standard-32 n2-standard-48 n2-standard-64 |
| N2 high-memory |
n2-highmem-16 n2-highmem-32 n2-highmem-48 n2-highmem-64 |