Did they increase the per-instance network bandwidth caps? Previously instances had 2Gb/s/core of network bandwidth capped at 16Gb/s, which makes 8-core nodes

Did they increase the per-instance network bandwidth caps? Previously instances had 2Gb/s/core of network bandwidth capped at 16Gb/s, which makes 8-core nodes the sweet spot for network bandwidth. I never quite understood why this is necessary if they're cutting up larger machines. Why should the total network cap matter if I have two 8-core instances or one 16-core instance on the same physical machine? edit: https://cloud.google.com/docs/compare/data-centers/networking https://cloud.google.com/docs/compare/data-centers/networkin... "The egress traffic from a given VM instance is subject to maximum network egress throughput caps. These caps are dependent on the number of cores that the VM instance has. Each core is subject to a 2 Gbps cap for peak performance. Each additional core increases the network cap, up to a theoretical maximum of 16 Gbps for each instance. The actual performance you experience will vary depending on your workload. All caps are meant as maximum possible performance, and not sustained performance."