---
title: The right Instance for specialized purposes
description: Find out more about Instances from Scaleway's Specialized range, such as POP2-HC, POP2-HN, and POP2-HM.
dates:
  validation: 2025-06-24
  posted: 2023-05-11
tags: instance type workload workload-optimized range POP2-HM POP2-HC POP2-HN
---

An Instance is a virtual machine in the cloud. Scaleway supports several [types of Instances](/instances/reference-content/choosing-instance-type/), 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](/instances/concepts/#instantapp).

## Specialized range: POP2-HM and POP2-HC Instances

Scaleway's **Specialized** 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 the highest RAM to vCPU ratio. 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 the highest vCPU to RAM ratio. Designed for high-performance web-serving, video encoding, machine learning, batch processing, CI/CD.

See below the technical specifications of Specialized Instances:

| Range                         	| Specialized                                                            |
|:--------------------------------|:------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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                                                               |
| Sizing   	                      | From 2 to 64 dedicated vCPUs <br /> 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 Specialized Instance with the following compatible services:
- [Learn how to back up your Instance](/instances/how-to/create-a-backup/)
- [Learn how to create snapshots of your Instance for specific volumes](/block-storage/how-to/create-a-snapshot/)
- [Learn how to migrate your data from one Instance to another](/instances/how-to/migrate-instances/)

## Matching use cases
Try Scaleway Specialized Instances with the following tutorials:
- [Setting up a MySQL database engine on Ubuntu Linux](/tutorials/setup-mysql/)
- [Project management for technical teams with Focalboard on Ubuntu Instances](/tutorials/focalboard-project-management/)

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  Refer to the [Choosing the best Scaleway Instance type for your workload](/instances/reference-content/choosing-instance-type/) documentation page for more information.
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