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In this case it means 8 cores/16 threads. Logging into a cc2.8xlarge instance shows 32 threads.
by ezran 14y ago
In this case it means 8 cores/16 threads. Logging into a cc2.8xlarge instance shows 32 threads.
- wmf 14y agoIt sounds like EC2 and GCE are using different terminology here, so Google is giving you half as many cores as you think but thanks to Sandy Bridge they're crazy fast.
- jbeda 14y agoWe went back and forth on naming the machine types. I'm sure you can imagine those discussions. In the end we opted for naming them based on the number of virtual CPUs from inside the VM. This is easier to remember than arbitrary sizes (small, medium, large) and is always going to be an integer. Hopefully this naming scheme can hold up and make sense over time as new machine types are introduced.