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Compute Engine instances
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Machine resource guide
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CoreMark scores of VM instances by family
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About GPUs on Google Cloud
GPU machine types
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About regions and zones
GPU and TPU locations
Global, regional, and zonal resources
Get started
Plan and prepare
Work with regions and zones
View available regions and zones
Change the default region or zone
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About VM provisioning models
About VM tenancy
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Networking overview for VMs
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Manage access to Compute Engine resources
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Quickstarts
Create a Linux VM
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Create a managed instance group
Create instances
Instance creation overview
Create an instance
Create and start an instance
Create with a customized machine configuration
Create with a custom hostname
Create with a custom machine type
Specify a minimum CPU platform for an instance
Create with attached GPUs
Overview
Create an A3 Ultra or A4 instance
Create an A3 instance with GPUDirect enabled
Create an A3 High or A2 instance
Create a G2 or G4 instance
Create an N1 instance that has attached GPUs
Create with a customized OS configuration
Create from a public image
Create from a custom image
Create from a shared image
Create using a RHEL BYOS image
Create with a customized networking configuration
Create in a specific subnet
Create with multiple network interfaces
Create with IPv6 addresses
Create an instance that uses Cloud RDMA
Create with a customized observability configuration
Create an instance for Ops Agent monitoring and logging
Enable virtual displays on an instance
Create with a customized security configuration
Create an instance that uses a user-managed service account
Create using an existing configuration
Create using an instance template
Create an instance similar to an existing instance
Create using alternative provisioning models
Create a Flex-start VM
About Flex-start VMs
Create a Flex-start VM
Create a Spot VM
About Spot VMs
Create and use Spot VMs
Create a reservation-bound VM
About reservation-bound VMs
Create a reservation-bound VM
Create an instance that can be preempted
About preemptible VMs
Create and use preemptible VMs
Create instances for specific workload types
Create a Google-configured, workload-optimized instance
Create an HPC-ready instance
Create and manage a Windows Server instance
Create a SQL Server instance
Create custom images
Requirements to build custom images
Create custom images
Create custom Windows BYOL base images
Create custom Windows Server images
Create and manage instance templates
About instance templates
Create instance templates
Deterministic instance templates
Get, list, and delete instance templates
Create multiple VMs
Create a managed instance group (MIG)
Basic scenarios for creating MIGs
Create a MIG in a single zone
Create a MIG in multiple zones in a region
Create a MIG with multiple machine types
Create a MIG from an existing VM
Create a MIG with autoscaling
Create a MIG with preemptible VMs
Create a MIG with GPU VMs
Create a MIG with stateful configuration
Bulk creation of VMs
About bulk creation of VMs
Create VMs in bulk
Create GPU VMs in bulk
Create HPC clusters with enhanced cluster management capabilities
Overview of HPC cluster creation with H4D machine series
Reserve capacity through your account team
View reserved capacity for H4D instances
Create an H4D Slurm cluster with enhanced management capabilities
Bulk create HPC-optimized instances that use RDMA with enhanced management capabilities
Create a HPC MIG with H4D machine series
Examples for creating MIGs with H4D machine series
Create a MIG with H4D machine types and flex-start
Create a MIG for HPC workloads with reservation-bound consumption
Create sole-tenant VMs
Sole-tenancy overview
Provision a sole-tenant VM
Advanced maintenance control for sole-tenant nodes
Sole-tenancy best practices
Sole-tenancy accounting FAQ
Create a virtual workstation
About creating virtual workstations
Create a virtual Linux workstation
Create a virtual Windows workstation
Create a virtual Linux workstation with an attached GPU
Create a virtual Windows workstation with an attached GPU
Use nested virtualization
About nested virtualization
Manage the nested virtualization constraint
Enable nested virtualization
Create nested VMs
Manage VM boot disks
Detach and reattach a boot disk
Create a customized boot disk
Migrate VMs
Choose a migration path
Bring your own licenses
Import disks and images
Prerequisites for importing and exporting VM images
Automatic import
Import virtual disks
Import virtual appliances
Manual import
Manually import boot disks
Manually configure imported disks
Create a persistent disk image from an ISO file
Move a VM within Google Cloud
Move a VM between zones
Migrate a VM between networks
