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This page lists the properties of Memorystore for Memcached instances and
nodes, as well as the possible values for those properties.
Instance settings
The following table lists the settings that you can modify for your
Memorystore for Memcached instances and nodes.
Setting
Possible Values
Instance ID
Compose of lowercase letters, numbers, and hyphens.
Must start with a letter.
Cannot exceed 40 characters.
Display name
Optional. The display name of the instance cannot exceed 80 characters.
Labels
String key/value pairs. Keys must start with a lowercase character and can
contain only hyphens (-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, and numbers.
Network association
A network from your project, or a shared VPC network.
Number of nodes
1-20
Cores/vCPUs per node
Minimum: 1 or 2 vCPUsdepending on the region Maximum: 32 vCPUs With the exception of a single vCPU (depending on the region), you must
provision vCPUs in even numbers. For example, 1 vCPU, 2 vCPUs, 12 vCPUs,
and 26 vCPUs can be acceptable values.
Memory per node
Minimum: 1 GB or (0.9 GB * vCPUs per node), whichever is greater. Maximum: 256 GB.
Region
The Google Cloud region in which you want to deploy your instance
Zones
Optional. The zone(s) within a region where you want to deploy your node(s).
Memcached version
The Memcached version your instance uses. Available versions are1.5.16and1.6.15. For more information, seeSupported versions.
Minimum vCPU according to region
Nodes in your Memcached instances have a minimum vCPU count of 2, except for the
following regions whose minimum is 1 vCPU:
Region Name
Region Description
Minimum vCPU count
asia-east1
Taiwan
1
asia-east2
Hong Kong
asia-northeast1
Tokyo
asia-northeast2
Osaka
asia-northeast3
Seoul
asia-south1
Mumbai
asia-south2
Delhi
asia-southeast1
Singapore
asia-southeast2
Jakarta
australia-southeast1
Sydney
australia-southeast2
Melbourne
europe-central2
Warsaw
europe-north1
Finland
europe-west1
Belgium
europe-west2
London
europe-west3
Frankfurt
europe-west4
Netherlands
europe-west6
Zurich
northamerica-northeast1
Montreal
northamerica-northeast2
Toronto
southamerica-east1
São Paulo
us-central1
Iowa
us-east1
South Carolina
us-east4
Northern Virginia
us-west1
Oregon
us-west2
Los Angeles
us-west3
Salt Lake City
us-west4
Las Vegas
Output fields
The following tables list the output properties of instances and nodes that you
can query to learn about an instance or node. To view these properties, run
the following command, replacing thevariableswith appropriate
values:
Memcached version used in the instance. For a list of available versions, seeSupported versions.
state:
Instances can be in the following states:
Creating: Instance is being created.
Ready: Instance is ready to be used in Memcached clients.
Deleting: Instance is being deleted.
zones:
User designated zones in which nodes are provisioned.
Node property
Description
memcacheFullVersion:
Memcached version used by the node. For a list of available versions, seeSupported versions.
nodeID:
Auto-generated ID of the Memcached node used to view node-level metrics in Cloud Monitoring.
state:
Nodes can be in the following states:
Creating: Node is being created.
Ready: Node is ready to be used in Memcached clients. If a node is undergoing a repair by the Memorystore for Memcached system, that state will not be reflected here.
Deleting: Node is being deleted.
zone:
The Google Cloud zone where the node is located.
port:
Node port. This value is always11211for all nodes.
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