public sealed class InstanceFlexibilityPolicy : IMessage<InstanceFlexibilityPolicy>, IEquatable<InstanceFlexibilityPolicy>, IDeepCloneable<InstanceFlexibilityPolicy>, IBufferMessage, IMessage
Reference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Dataproc v1 API class InstanceFlexibilityPolicy.
Instance flexibility Policy allowing a mixture of VM shapes and provisioning
models.
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[5.7.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/5.7.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [5.6.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/5.6.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [5.5.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/5.5.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [5.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/5.4.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [5.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/5.3.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [5.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/5.2.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [5.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/5.1.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [5.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/5.0.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [4.0.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/4.0.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [3.4.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/3.4.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [3.3.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/3.3.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [3.2.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/3.2.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n- [3.1.0](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/3.1.0/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy) \n\n public sealed class InstanceFlexibilityPolicy : IMessage\u003cInstanceFlexibilityPolicy\u003e, IEquatable\u003cInstanceFlexibilityPolicy\u003e, IDeepCloneable\u003cInstanceFlexibilityPolicy\u003e, IBufferMessage, IMessage\n\nReference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Dataproc v1 API class InstanceFlexibilityPolicy.\n\nInstance flexibility Policy allowing a mixture of VM shapes and provisioning\nmodels. \n\nInheritance\n-----------\n\n[object](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object) \\\u003e InstanceFlexibilityPolicy \n\nImplements\n----------\n\n[IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage-1.html)[InstanceFlexibilityPolicy](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy), [IEquatable](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.iequatable-1)[InstanceFlexibilityPolicy](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy), [IDeepCloneable](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IDeepCloneable-1.html)[InstanceFlexibilityPolicy](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.InstanceFlexibilityPolicy), [IBufferMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IBufferMessage.html), [IMessage](https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Protobuf/latest/Google.Protobuf.IMessage.html) \n\nInherited Members\n-----------------\n\n[object.GetHashCode()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode) \n[object.GetType()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype) \n[object.ToString()](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring)\n\nNamespace\n---------\n\n[Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1](/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1/latest/Google.Cloud.Dataproc.V1)\n\nAssembly\n--------\n\nGoogle.Cloud.Dataproc.V1.dll\n\nConstructors\n------------\n\n### InstanceFlexibilityPolicy()\n\n public InstanceFlexibilityPolicy()\n\n### InstanceFlexibilityPolicy(InstanceFlexibilityPolicy)\n\n public InstanceFlexibilityPolicy(InstanceFlexibilityPolicy other)\n\nProperties\n----------\n\n### InstanceSelectionList\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cInstanceFlexibilityPolicy.Types.InstanceSelection\u003e InstanceSelectionList { get; }\n\nOptional. List of instance selection options that the group will use when\ncreating new VMs.\n\n### InstanceSelectionResults\n\n public RepeatedField\u003cInstanceFlexibilityPolicy.Types.InstanceSelectionResult\u003e InstanceSelectionResults { get; }\n\nOutput only. A list of instance selection results in the group.\n\n### ProvisioningModelMix\n\n public InstanceFlexibilityPolicy.Types.ProvisioningModelMix ProvisioningModelMix { get; set; }\n\nOptional. Defines how the Group selects the provisioning model to ensure\nrequired reliability."]]