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SAP HANA certified instances

Current generation Amazon EC2 instances for SAP HANA

SAP HANA OLTP and OLAP Scale-up
Instance Family Instance Type vCPU Memory (GiB) SAPS Network (Gbps) Storage (Mbps) SAP HANA OLTP Prod * SAP HANA OLTP Sizing SAP HANA OLAP Prod * SAP HANA OLAP Sizing FSx for ONTAP
r4 r4.16xlarge 64 488 76,400 25 14,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r4 r4.8xlarge 32 244 38,200 10 7,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r4 r4.4xlarge 16 122 19,100 Up to 10 3,500 ✗ Standard ✗ Standard ✗
r4 r4.2xlarge 8 61 9,550 Up to 10 1,700 ✗ Standard ✗ Standard ✗
r5 r5.metal 96 768 143,230 25 19,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r5 r5.24xlarge 96 768 138,770 25 19,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r5 r5.16xlarge 64 512 92,513 20 13,600 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r5 r5.12xlarge 48 384 69,385 10 9,500 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r5 r5.8xlarge 32 256 46,257 10 6,800 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r5 r5.4xlarge 16 128 23,128 Up to 10 4,750 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
r5 r5.2xlarge 8 64 11,564 Up to 10 Up to 4,750 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
r5b r5b.metal 96 768 143,230 100 60,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r5b r5b.24xlarge 96 768 138,770 100 60,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r5b r5b.16xlarge 64 512 92,513 75 40,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r5b r5b.12xlarge 48 384 69,385 50 30,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r5b r5b.8xlarge 32 256 46,257 25 20,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
r5b r5b.4xlarge 16 128 23,128 Up to 10 10,000 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
r5b r5b.2xlarge 8 64 11,564 Up to 10 Up to 10,000 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
r6i r6i.32xlarge 128 1,024 196,050 50 40,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✓
r6i r6i.24xlarge 96 768 147,038 37.5 30,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✓
r6i r6i.16xlarge 64 512 98,025 25 20,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✓
r6i r6i.12xlarge 48 384 73,519 18.75 15,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✓
r6i r6i.8xlarge 32 256 49,013 12.5 10,000 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
r6i r6i.4xlarge 16 128 24,506 Up to 12.5 Up to 10,000 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
r6i r6i.2xlarge 8 64 12,253 Up to 12.5 Up to 10,000 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
x1 x1.32xlarge 128 1,952 131,500 25 14,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
x1 x1.16xlarge 64 976 65,750 10 7,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
x1e x1e.32xlarge 128 3,904 131,500 25 14,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✗
x1e x1e.4xlarge 16 488 16,437 Up to 10 1,750 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
x1e x1e.2xlarge 8 244 8,219 Up to 10 1,000 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
x1e x1e.xlarge 4 122 4,109 Up to 10 500 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
x1e x1e.2xlarge 8 244 8,219 Up to 10 1,000 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
x1e x1e.xlarge 4 122 4,109 Up to 10 500 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
x2idn x2idn.32xlarge 128 2,048 196,050 100 80,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✓
x2idn x2idn.24xlarge 96 1,536 147,038 75 60,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✓
x2idn x2idn.16xlarge 64 1,024 98,025 50 40,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✓
x2iedn x2iedn.32xlarge 128 4,096 189,000 100 80,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✓
x2iedn x2iedn.24xlarge 96 3,072 141,750 75 60,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✓
x2iedn x2iedn.4xlarge 16 512 23,625 Up to 25 Up to 20,000 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
x2iedn x2iedn.2xlarge 8 256 11,813 Up to 25 Up to 20,000 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
x2iedn x2iedn.xlarge 4 128 5,906 Up to 25 Up to 20,000 ✗ N/A ✗ N/A ✗
High Memory u-24tb1.metal 448 24,576 517,480 100 38,000 ✓ Workload ✗ N/A ✗
High Memory u-24tb1.112xlarge 448 24,576 508,720 100 38,000 ✓ Workload ✗ N/A ✓
High Memory u-18tb1.metal 448 18,432 534,130 100 38,000 ✓ Workload ✓ Workload ✗
High Memory u-18tb1.112xlarge 448 18,432 520,330 100 38,000 ✓ Workload ✓ Workload ✓
High Memory u-12tb1.metal 448 12,288 480,600 100 38,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✗
High Memory u-12tb1.112xlarge 448 12,288 475,500 100 38,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✓
High Memory u-9tb1.metal 448 9,216 480,600 100 38,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✗
High Memory u-9tb1.112xlarge 448 9,216 475,500 100 38,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✓
High Memory u-6tb1.metal 448 6,144 480,600 100 38,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✗
High Memory u-6tb1.112xlarge 448 6,144 475,500 100 38,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard ✓
High Memory u-6tb1.56xlarge 224 6,144 380,770 100 38,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✓
High Memory u-3tb1.56xlarge 224 3,072 237,750 50 19,000 ✓ Standard ✓ Workload ✓
SAP HANA OLTP and OLAP Scale-out
Instance Family Instance Type vCPU Memory (GiB) SAPS Network (Gbps) Storage (Mbps) SAP HANA OLTP Prod SAP HANA OLTP Sizing OLTP Max. Nodes SAP HANA OLAP Prod SAP HANA OLAP Sizing OLAP Max. Nodes FSx for ONTAP
r5 r5.24xlarge 96 768 138,770 25 19,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Standard 16 ✗
r6i r6i.32xlarge 128 1,024 196,050 50 40,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Standard 16 ✓
r6i r6i.24xlarge 96 768 147,038 37.5 30,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Standard 16 ✓
x1 x1.32xlarge 128 1,952 131,500 25 14,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Standard 25 ✗
x1 x1.16xlarge 64 976 65,750 10 7,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Standard 7 ✗
x1e x1e.32xlarge 128 3,904 131,500 25 14,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Workload 25 ✗
x2idn x2idn.16xlarge 64 1,024 98,025 50 40,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Standard 16 ✓
x2idn x2idn.24xlarge 96 1,536 147,038 75 60,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Workload 16 ✓
x2idn x2idn.32xlarge 128 2,048 196,050 100 80,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Workload 16 ✓
x2iedn x2iedn.24xlarge 96 3,072 141,750 75 60,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Workload 16 ✓
x2iedn x2iedn.32xlarge 128 4,096 189,000 100 80,000 ✗ N/A N/A ✓ Workload 16 ✓
High Memory u-12tb1.metal 448 12,288 480,600 100 38,000 ✓ Standard 4 ✗ N/A N/A ✗
High Memory u-12tb1.112xlarge 448 12,288 475,500 100 38,000 ✓ Standard 4 ✗ N/A N/A ✓
High Memory u-9tb1.112xlarge 448 9,216 475,500 100 38,000 ✓ Standard 4 ✗ N/A N/A ✓
High Memory u-6tb1.metal 448 6,144 480,600 100 38,000 ✓ Standard 4 ✓ Standard 16 ✗
High Memory u-6tb1.112xlarge 448 6,144 475,500 100 38,000 ✓ Standard 4 ✓ Standard 16 ✓
High Memory u-6tb1.56xlarge 224 6,144 380,770 100 38,000 ✓ Standard 4 ✓ Workload 16 ✓
Note

All the current and previous generation Amazon EC2 instance types for SAP HANA can be used for running non-production workloads. For more information, see SAP Note 2271345.

Previous generation Amazon EC2 instances for SAP HANA

Instance family Instance type vCPU Memory (GiB) SAPS SAP HANA OLTP prod* SAP HANA OLTP sizing SAP HANA OLAP prod* SAP HANA OLAP sizing
r3 r3.8xlarge 32 244 31,920 ✓ Standard ✓ Standard
r3 r3.4xlarge 16 122 15,960 ✗ Standard ✗ Standard
r3 r3.2xlarge 8 61 7,980 ✗ Standard ✗ Standard

Previous generation Amazon EC2 instances for SAP HANA are fully supported and these instance types retain the same features and functionality. We recommend using the current generation Amazon EC2 instance for new SAP HANA implementations or migrations.