From f08d209eb2a3a26828a135f5aaacf8a73c2d7534 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "mintlify[bot]" <109931778+mintlify[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 17:12:55 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] docs: document GCP e2-highcpu machine types for node groups --- cloud-accounts/node-groups.mdx | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/cloud-accounts/node-groups.mdx b/cloud-accounts/node-groups.mdx index 50d1df3..11b801b 100644 --- a/cloud-accounts/node-groups.mdx +++ b/cloud-accounts/node-groups.mdx @@ -54,6 +54,20 @@ You can modify the instance type for any node group from the Infrastructure sett +### GCP machine families + +GKE clusters on Porter support the following general-purpose machine families. Use `e2-highcpu` for CPU-bound workloads (web servers, batch processing) that don't need much memory — it offers the lowest per-vCPU cost in the E2 family. + +| Family | Best for | Example sizes | +|--------|----------|---------------| +| `e2-standard` | Balanced CPU and memory | `e2-standard-2` through `e2-standard-32` | +| `e2-highmem` | Memory-bound workloads (caches, in-memory databases) | `e2-highmem-2` through `e2-highmem-16` | +| `e2-highcpu` | CPU-bound workloads with low memory needs | `e2-highcpu-2` through `e2-highcpu-32` | +| `c3-standard` / `c3-highcpu` / `c3-highmem` | Compute-optimized workloads | `c3-standard-4` and larger | +| `g2-standard` | GPU workloads | `g2-standard-4` | + +E2 machine types are available in all GCP regions Porter supports. + ### Why is my instance type not available? Instance types may not be available if: