MySQL "Lightweight" vs. "Standard" instances

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Mar 23, 2021, 11:43:26 AM3/23/21

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Hi,

does anyone have any specifics what machine types the "Lightweight" vs. the "Standard" machine type maps to?

I suspect "Lightweight" is based on E2 and "Standard" on N1.

When creating a new instance this is the selection for the machine type now:

It's a bit annoying as the GCP calculator doesn't have a matching selection so figuring out pricing is kinda hard.

Thanks for any hints on how to figure out the pricing!

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Mar 23, 2021, 5:27:18 PM3/23/21

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the legacy machine type name is mapped to its equivalent string in the db-custom-_CPU_-_RAM_ format. Here is the table(https://cloud.google.com/sql/docs/mysql/instance-settings#machine-type-2ndgen) you can refer to .

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Jun 15, 2021, 12:35:55 PM6/15/21

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Lightweight give you access to preset configuration 1 vCPU, 3.75 GB - 2 vCPU, 3.75 GB - 4 vCPU, 3.75 GB and

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Jun 15, 2021, 2:51:05 PM6/15/21

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Let me be more specific , it refers to the db-n1-standard machine type, it calculates(https://cloud.google.com/sql/pricing#cpu-mem-pricing) based on the vCPUs and memory that you want.

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