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Resize servers on Google Cloud

Use this guide to change the vCPUs, memory, and disk size of servers at Google Cloud.

Change a server’s machine type

A server’s machine type determines the server’s number of vCPUs and amount of memory.

  1. In Google Cloud console, go to the VM Instances page.
  2. Click on the name of the server.
  3. Click on Stop. If you don’t see Stop, click on the three blue vertical dots to the left of the icon.
  4. In the confirmation dialog, click Stop.
  5. Wait for the server’s status to change to “Stopped”.
  6. Click on Edit.
  7. Scroll down to Machine type and select the new machine type.
  8. Click Save.
  9. Click Start / Resume.

Resize a server’s disk

You can only increase the size of a server’s disk. You can’t decrease the disk size.

  1. In Google Cloud console, go to the Compute Engine Disks page.
  2. Click on the name of the disk. The disk name will usually be the same as the name of the server.
  3. Click on Edit. If you don’t see Edit, click on the three blue vertical dots to the left of the icon.
  4. In the Size field, enter the new disk size.
  5. Click on Save.
  6. In Google Cloud console, go to the VM Instances page.
  7. Click on the name of the server.
  8. Click on Stop. If you don’t see Stop, click on the three blue vertical dots to the left of the icon.
  9. In the confirmation dialog, click Stop.
  10. Wait for the server’s status to change to “Stopped”.
  11. Click Start / Resume.