Launch an Arm-based c4a-standard-4 instance

In this section, you’ll launch the first of two VMs used for benchmarking Go applications: the Arm-based c4a-standard-4 instance on Google Cloud, (referred to as “c4a”).

Create the c4a-standard-4 instance

Go to the Google Cloud console: https://console.cloud.google.com/welcome .

In the search bar at the top, start typing vm, then select VM instances when it appears.

Select VM instances

On the VM instances page, click Create instance.

Select Create instance

In the Name field, enter the name of the instance - here it should be c4a.

Enter name of the instance

Now select the machine series by scrolling down to the Machine series section, and selecting the C4A radio button.

Select C4A radio button

To view machine types, scroll down to the Machine type dropdown, and select it to show all available options.

Select Machine type dropdown

Now choose machine size by selecting c4a-standard-4 under the Standard tab.

Select machine size

To configure storage, select the OS and Storage tab.

Configure storage

To modify storage settings, select Change.

Modify storage settings

To set disk size, select the Size (GB) field and enter “1000” for the value.

Enter value in the Size (GB) field

Now confirm storage settings by selecting Select to continue.

Confirm the selection of settings with the Select button

To launch the instance, select Create to bring up the instance.

Select the Create button to launch the instance

After a few seconds, your c4a instance is up and running, and you are ready to continue to the next section.

In the next section, you’ll launch the second VM, an Intel-based Emerald Rapids c4-standard-8 (referred to as “c4”), which serves as the comparison system for benchmarking.