The right Instance for workload purposes

Reviewed on 18 November 2024 • Published on 11 May 2023

An Instance is a virtual machine in the cloud. Scaleway supports several types of Instances, each with their own set of resources, unique value propositions, and technical specifications. Each Instance supports the essential operating systems and distributions, as well as customized InstantApps.

Workload-Optimized range: POP2-HM and POP2-HC Instances

Scaleway’s Workload-Optimized range includes POP2-HM (High Memory), POP2-HN (High Network) and POP2-HC (High CPU). Equipped with dedicated vCPUs, these Instances are optimized for workload-intensive applications.

High-Memory: Designed for RAM-intensive usages, and high memory production applications, these machines provide more RAM than vCPU. These Instances are designed for high-demanding analysis, in-memory calculation, big-data processing, high-performance, or cache databases.
High-CPU: Made for high computing workloads and compute-bound applications, this machine provides more vCPU than RAM. Designed for high-performance web-serving, video encoding, machine learning, batch processing, CI/CD.

See below the technical specifications of Workload-Optimized Instances:

Range	Workload-Optimized
Instance Type	POP2-HM, POP2-HC, POP2-HN
Availability Zone	PAR1, PAR2, PAR3, AMS1, AMS2, WAW2, WAW3
Storage	Block
Max. Bandwidth	From 400 Mbps to 12.8 Gbps
CPU Type	AMD EPYC 7543 (2,8 GHz)
Resources	Dedicated vCPUs
Security feature	Secure Encrypted Virtualization
Sizing	From 2 to 64 dedicated vCPUs From 4 GiB to 512 GiB RAM
vCPU:RAM ratio	1:8 (POP2-HM), 1:2 (POP2-HC and POP2-HN)

Complementary services

To help build and manage your applications, consider complementing your Workload-Optimized Instance with the following compatible services:

Matching use cases

Try Scaleway Workload-Optimized Instances with the following tutorials: