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# Selecting a Google Compute Engine Virtual Machine 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Deployments on public clouds continue to be supported but the content for third-party public cloud deployments is no longer updated.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 Google Cloud Platform offers many types of Google Compute Engine (GCE) virtual machines (VMs) in various sizes. Choosing the right VM for your workload is an important factor for a successful Tableau Server deployment. You can choose from a wide range of VMs. For a complete list of all available VM types and sizes, see the [Machine Types](https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/machine-types) page at the Google website.

It is important to select a VM that can run Tableau Server. The VM 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 Google Compute Engine vCPUs) and 64 GB RAM. However, a total of 8 CPU cores (16 Google Compute Engine vCPUs) and 128 GB RAM are strongly recommended for a single production Google Compute Engine VM.

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

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

- n2-standard-16

## 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">Google Cloud Platform</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 persistent disk, 200GB++</p><p>For more information about SSD persistent disks, see <a href="https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/">Storage Options</a> at the Google Cloud Platform 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></td></tr></tbody></table>