ECS instance types that support SAP application deployments
Alibaba Cloud provides a wide range of SAP-certified ECS instance types that support SAP application deployments.
Supported operating systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 SP2 or later.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.4 or later.
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019.
RDBMS supported on Linux
SAP HANA - Supported only on ECS instance types that are certified for SAP HANA. For more information, see https://www.sap.com/dmc/exp/2014-09-02-hana-hardware/enEN/#/solutions?filters=iaas;ve:30
SAP MaxDB version 7.9.09.06 or later.
SAP ASE. For specific versions and limitations, see SAP Note 2639788.
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (IBM Db2) V10.5 or later.
SAP liveCache. Supported only on SLES operating systems.
RDBMS supported on Windows
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 or later.
SAP MaxDB version 7.9.09.06 or later.
IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows (IBM Db2) V10.5 or later.
SAP liveCache: For specific versions and limitations, see SAP Note 2074842.
Supported application Kernel versions
SAP application Kernel versions for ECS virtual machines
For ABAP application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.0X:
SAP Kernel 7.21 EXT (min. PL #919)
SAP Kernel 7.22 EXT (min. PL #415)
Later Kernel versions
For ABAP/Java application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.1 or later:
SAP Kernel 7.21 EXT (min. PL #919)
SAP Kernel 7.22 EXT (min. PL #415)
Later Kernel versions
For ABAP/Java application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.4 or later:
SAP Kernel 7.45 (min. PL #612)
SAP Kernel 7.49 (min. PL #316)
SAP Kernel 7.53 (min. PL #24)
Later Kernel versions
For application servers for ABAP Platform versions (S/4HANA 1809 or later):
SAP Kernel 7.53 (min. PL #24 for all Java components)
Later Kernel versions
SAP application Kernel versions for ECS Bare Metal Instances
For ABAP application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.0X:
SAP Kernel 7.21 EXT (min. PL #1320)
SAP Kernel 7.22 EXT (min. PL #920)
Later Kernel versions
For ABAP/Java application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.1 or later:
SAP Kernel 7.21 EXT (min. PL #1320)
SAP Kernel 7.22 EXT (min. PL #920)
Later Kernel versions
For ABAP/Java application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.4 or later:
SAP Kernel 7.49 (min. PL #830)
SAP Kernel 7.53 (min. PL #612)
Later Kernel versions
For application servers for ABAP Platform versions (S/4HANA 1809 or later):
SAP Kernel 7.53 (min. PL #612 for all Java components)
SAP Kernel 7.73 (min. PL #248)
SAP Kernel 7.77 (min. PL #116)
Later Kernel versions
Other application types
SAP Business One (B1) deployments are supported. For more information, see SAP Note 2058870.
SAP IQ deployments are supported. For more information, see SAP Note 2133194.
For SAP HANA 2.0 Dynamic Tiering, see SAP Note 2555629.
List of SAP-certified ECS instance types
The following ECS instance types are certified by SAP for application deployments.
Note: Alibaba Cloud continuously certifies additional ECS instance types. This list is updated regularly.
Current instance types
Memory-optimized instances
ECS instance type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) |
ecs.r9i.large | 2 | 16 |
ecs.r9i.xlarge | 4 | 32 |
ecs.r9i.2xlarge | 8 | 64 |
ecs.r9i.3xlarge | 12 | 96 |
ecs.r9i.4xlarge | 16 | 128 |
ecs.r9i.6xlarge | 24 | 192 |
ecs.r9i.8xlarge | 32 | 256 |
ecs.r9i.12xlarge | 48 | 384 |
ecs.r9i.16xlarge | 64 | 512 |
ecs.r9i.24xlarge | 96 | 768 |
ecs.r9i.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 |
ecs.r9i.48xlarge | 192 | 1536 |
ecs.r7.large | 2 | 16 |
ecs.r7.xlarge | 4 | 32 |
ecs.r7.2xlarge | 8 | 64 |
ecs.r7.3xlarge | 12 | 96 |
ecs.r7.4xlarge | 16 | 128 |
ecs.r7.6xlarge | 24 | 192 |
ecs.r7.8xlarge | 32 | 256 |
ecs.r7.16xlarge | 64 | 512 |
ecs.r7.32xlarge | 128 | 1024 |
ecs.r6.large | 2 | 16 |
ecs.r6.xlarge | 4 | 32 |
ecs.r6.2xlarge | 8 | 64 |
ecs.r6.3xlarge | 12 | 96 |
ecs.r6.4xlarge | 16 | 128 |
ecs.r6.6xlarge | 24 | 192 |
ecs.r6.8xlarge | 32 | 256 |
ecs.r6.13xlarge | 52 | 384 |
ecs.r6.26xlarge | 104 | 768 |
Memory-enhanced instances
ECS instance type | vCPU | Memory (GiB) |
ecs.re6.4xlarge | 16 | 256 |
ecs.re6.8xlarge | 32 | 512 |
ecs.re6.13xlarge | 52 | 768 |
ecs.re6.16xlarge | 64 | 1024 |
ecs.re6.26xlarge | 104 | 1536 |
ecs.re6.32xlarge | 128 | 2048 |
ecs.re6.52xlarge | 208 | 3072 |
General-purpose instances
ECS instance type | vCPU | Memory (GiB) |
ecs.g9i.large | 2 | 8 |
ecs.g9i.xlarge | 4 | 16 |
ecs.g9i.2xlarge | 8 | 32 |
ecs.g9i.3xlarge | 12 | 48 |
ecs.g9i.4xlarge | 16 | 64 |
ecs.g9i.6xlarge | 24 | 96 |
ecs.g9i.8xlarge | 32 | 128 |
ecs.g9i.12xlarge | 48 | 192 |
ecs.g9i.16xlarge | 64 | 256 |
ecs.g9i.24xlarge | 96 | 384 |
ecs.g9i.32xlarge | 128 | 512 |
ecs.g9i.48xlarge | 192 | 768 |
ecs.g7.large | 2 | 8 |
ecs.g7.xlarge | 4 | 16 |
ecs.g7.2xlarge | 8 | 32 |
ecs.g7.3xlarge | 12 | 48 |
ecs.g7.4xlarge | 16 | 64 |
ecs.g7.6xlarge | 24 | 96 |
ecs.g7.8xlarge | 32 | 128 |
ecs.g7.16xlarge | 64 | 256 |
ecs.g6.large ecs.g6e.large | 2 | 8 |
ecs.g6.xlarge | 4 | 16 |
ecs.g6.2xlarge | 8 | 32 |
ecs.g6.3xlarge | 12 | 48 |
ecs.g6.4xlarge | 16 | 64 |
ecs.g6.6xlarge | 24 | 96 |
ecs.g6.8xlarge | 32 | 128 |
ecs.g6.13xlarge | 52 | 192 |
ecs.g6.26xlarge | 104 | 384 |
Compute-optimized instances
ECS instance type | vCPUs | Memory (GiB) |
ecs.c6.large | 2 | 4 |
ecs.c6.xlarge | 4 | 8 |
ecs.c6.2xlarge | 8 | 16 |
ecs.c6.3xlarge | 12 | 24 |
ecs.c6.4xlarge | 16 | 32 |
ecs.c6.6xlarge | 24 | 48 |
ecs.c6.8xlarge | 32 | 64 |
Previous generation instance types
The following ECS instance types are from previous generations and were previously certified by SAP. We recommend using certified instance types from the current generation.
ECS instance type | vCPU | Memory (GiB) |
ecs.sn2ne.large | 2 | 8 |
ecs.sn2ne.xlarge | 4 | 16 |
ecs.sn2ne.2xlarge | 8 | 32 |
ecs.sn2ne.3xlarge | 12 | 48 |
ecs.sn2ne.4xlarge | 16 | 64 |
ecs.sn2ne.6xlarge | 24 | 96 |
ecs.sn2ne.8xlarge | 32 | 128 |
ecs.sn2ne.14xlarge | 56 | 224 |
ecs.g5.large | 2 | 8 |
ecs.g5.xlarge | 4 | 16 |
ecs.g5.2xlarge | 8 | 32 |
ecs.g5.3xlarge | 12 | 48 |
ecs.g5.4xlarge | 16 | 64 |
ecs.g5.6xlarge | 24 | 96 |
ecs.g5.8xlarge | 32 | 128 |
ecs.r5.large | 2 | 16 |
ecs.r5.xlarge | 4 | 32 |
ecs.r5.2xlarge | 8 | 64 |
ecs.r5.3xlarge | 12 | 96 |
ecs.r5.4xlarge | 16 | 128 |
ecs.r5.6xlarge | 24 | 192 |
ecs.r5.8xlarge | 32 | 256 |