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# Selecting an Alibaba ECS Instance Type and Size

## This is archived content

Deployments on public clouds continue to be supported but the content for third-party public cloud deployments is no longer updated.

For the latest Tableau Server deployment content, see the [Deploy](https://help.tableau.com/current/server/en-gb/install.htm) section of Tableau Server help.

For those customers who have access, we recommend Tableau Cloud. For more details, see:

- [Tableau Cloud Manual Migration Guide](https://help.tableau.com/current/guides/migration/en-gb/emg_intro.htm)
- [Tableau Cloud Trial for Admin](https://help.tableau.com/current/server-linux/en-gb/install.htm)
- [Tableau Cloud: Get Started for Admin](https://www.tableau.com/en-gb/learn/get-started/online-admin)

## Introduction

The Alibaba Cloud offers many types of instances in various sizes. Choosing the right instance for your workload is an important factor for a successful Tableau Server deployment. You can choose from a wide range of instances. For a complete list of all available instance types and sizes, see [Instance type families](https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/25378.htm) at the Alibaba website.

It is important to select an instance that can run Tableau Server. The instance must meet the Tableau Server hardware guidelines (a minimum of 8 cores and 128 GB of RAM).

At minimum, a 64-bit Tableau Server requires a 4-core CPU (the equivalent of 8 vCPUs on an Alibaba Cloud Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instance) and 64 GB RAM. However, a total of 8 CPU cores (16 vCPUs on an ECS instance) and 128 GB RAM are strongly recommended for a single production ECS instance.

The Windows Operating system will recognise these 16 vCPUs as 8 cores, so there is no negative licensing impact.

## Typical instance types and sizes for development, test and production environments

- ecs.c5.4xlarge
- ecs.g5.4xlarge
- ecs.r5.4xlarge

**Note:** Some instance types may not be available in all regions.

## Recommended specifications for a single production instance

<table style="max-width: 100%;" class="simple-table"><colgroup><col><col><col class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-Column-Column1" style="width: 20%;"><col class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-Column-Column1" style="width: 65%;"><col class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-Column-Column1" style="width: 15%;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><th>Component/Resource</th><th colspan="10">Alibaba Cloud</th></tr><tr><td><p>CPU</p></td><td colspan="10"><p>16+ vCPU</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Operating System</p></td><td colspan="10"> <div><table style="width: 100%;mc-table-style: url('Resources/TableStyles/Basic-Border-Light.css');" class="TableStyle-Basic-Border" cellspacing="0"><thead><tr class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-Head-Header1"><th class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-HeadE-Column1-Header1">&nbsp;</th><th class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-HeadE-Column1-Header1" style="text-align: center;">2021.3.0 - 2023.3.0</th><th class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-HeadD-Column1-Header1" style="text-align: center;">2023.3.1 - 2026.2.x</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-Body-Body1"><td class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-BodyE-Column1-Body1">Windows Server 2016</td><td class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-BodyE-Column1-Body1" style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/server/en-gb/Img/greencheckmark.png" alt=""></td><td class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-BodyD-Column1-Body1" style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/server/en-gb/Img/greencheckmark.png" alt=""></td></tr><tr class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-Body-Body1"><td class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-BodyE-Column1-Body1">Windows Server 2019 (x64)</td><td class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-BodyE-Column1-Body1" style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/server/en-gb/Img/greencheckmark.png" alt=""></td><td class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-BodyD-Column1-Body1" style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/server/en-gb/Img/greencheckmark.png" alt=""></td></tr><tr class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-Body-Body1"><td class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-BodyB-Column1-Body1">Windows Server 2022</td><td class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-BodyB-Column1-Body1" style="text-align: center;"><strong>Note:</strong>&nbsp;Windows Server 2022 is <em>not </em>supported in versions prior to 2023.3.1. Beginning in April 2023, installers for all versions of Tableau Server on Windows prior to 2023.3.1 block installation on Windows 2022.</td><td class="TableStyle-Basic-Border-BodyA-Column1-Body1" style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://help.tableau.com/v0.0/server/en-gb/Img/greencheckmark.png" alt=""></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr><tr><td><p>Memory</p></td><td colspan="10"><p>128+ GB RAM (4 GB RAM per vCPU)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Storage</p></td><td colspan="10"><p>Two volumes:</p><p>30-50 GiB volume for the operating system</p><p>100 GiB or larger volume for Tableau Server</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Storage type</p></td><td colspan="10"><p>SSD Cloud Disk</p><p>For more information about SSD Cloud Disks, see <a href="https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/25383.htm" target="_blank">Cloud disks and Shared Block Storage</a> at the Alibaba website.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disk latency</p></td><td colspan="10"><p>Less than or equal to 20ms as measured by the <b>Avg. Transfer disk/sec</b> Performance Counter in Windows.</p><p>For more information about disk latency in the Alibaba Cloud and its relationship to IOPS, see <a href="https://www.alibabacloud.com/help/doc-detail/25382.htm" target="_blank">Storage parameters and performance test</a> at the Alibaba website.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>