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    SAP:ECS instance types that support SAP application deployment

    Last Updated:Jul 03, 2026

    Alibaba Cloud offers a wide range of SAP-certified ECS instance types to support SAP application deployment.

    Supported operating systems

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (SLES 12) or later.

    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 (RHEL 7) or later.

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019.

    Supported RDBMS on Linux

    Supported RDBMS 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 that can run on virtual machine ECS instances

    • ABAP application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.0X:

      • SAP Kernel 7.21 EXT (minimum PL #919)

      • SAP Kernel 7.22 EXT (minimum PL #415)

      • Later kernel versions

    • ABAP/Java application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.1 or later:

      • SAP Kernel 7.21 EXT (minimum PL #919)

      • SAP Kernel 7.22 EXT (minimum PL #415)

      • Later kernel versions

    • ABAP/Java application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.4 or later:

      • SAP Kernel 7.45 (minimum PL #612)

      • SAP Kernel 7.49 (minimum PL #316)

      • SAP Kernel 7.53 (minimum PL #24)

      • Later kernel versions

    • Application servers for ABAP Platform (S/4HANA 1809 or later):

      • SAP Kernel 7.53 (minimum PL #24 for all Java components)

      • Later kernel versions

    SAP application kernel versions that can run on bare metal ECS instances

    • ABAP application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.0X:

      • SAP Kernel 7.21 EXT (minimum PL #1320)

      • SAP Kernel 7.22 EXT (minimum PL #920)

      • Later kernel versions

    • ABAP/Java application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.1 or later:

      • SAP Kernel 7.21 EXT (minimum PL #1320)

      • SAP Kernel 7.22 EXT (minimum PL #920)

      • Later kernel versions

    • ABAP/Java application servers for SAP NetWeaver 7.4 or later:

      • SAP Kernel 7.49 (minimum PL #830)

      • SAP Kernel 7.53 (minimum PL #612)

      • Later kernel versions

    • Application servers for ABAP Platform (S/4HANA 1809 or later):

      • SAP Kernel 7.53 (minimum PL #612 for all Java components)

      • SAP Kernel 7.73 (minimum PL #248)

      • SAP Kernel 7.77 (minimum PL #116)

      • Later kernel versions

    Other application types

    Supports deployment of SAP Business One (B1). For details, see SAP Note 2058870.

    Supports deployment of SAP IQ. For details, 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 SAP-certified and support SAP application deployment.

    Note: Alibaba Cloud ECS certification is ongoing, and the list of certified ECS instance types will be continuously updated.

    Current-generation instance types

    Memory-optimized instances

    ECS instance type

    vCPU

    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
    ecs.r6e.large

    2

    16

    ecs.r6.xlarge
    ecs.r6e.xlarge

    4

    32

    ecs.r6.2xlarge
    ecs.r6e.2xlarge

    8

    64

    ecs.r6.3xlarge

    12

    96

    ecs.r6.4xlarge
    ecs.r6e.4xlarge

    16

    128

    ecs.r6.6xlarge

    24

    192

    ecs.r6.8xlarge
    ecs.r6e.8xlarge

    32

    256

    ecs.r6.13xlarge
    ecs.r6e.13xlarge

    52

    384

    ecs.r6.26xlarge
    ecs.r6e.26xlarge

    104

    768

    Memory-enhanced instance family

    ECS instance type

    vCPU

    Memory (GiB)

    ecs.re8.30xlarge

    120

    2048

    ecs.re8.60xlarge

    240

    4096

    ecs.re8.90xlarge

    360

    6144

    ecs.re8.120xlarge

    480

    8192

    ecs.re8.180xlarge

    720

    12288

    ecs.re8.240xlarge

    960

    16384

    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
    ecs.g6e.xlarge

    4

    16

    ecs.g6.2xlarge
    ecs.g6e.2xlarge

    8

    32

    ecs.g6.3xlarge

    12

    48

    ecs.g6.4xlarge
    ecs.g6e.4xlarge

    16

    64

    ecs.g6.6xlarge

    24

    96

    ecs.g6.8xlarge
    ecs.g6e.8xlarge

    32

    128

    ecs.g6.13xlarge
    ecs.g6e.13xlarge

    52

    192

    ecs.g6.26xlarge
    ecs.g6e.26xlarge

    104

    384

    Compute-optimized instances

    ECS instance type

    vCPU

    Memory (GiB)

    ecs.c6.large
    ecs.c6e.large

    2

    4

    ecs.c6.xlarge
    ecs.c6e.xlarge

    4

    8

    ecs.c6.2xlarge
    ecs.c6e.2xlarge

    8

    16

    ecs.c6.3xlarge

    12

    24

    ecs.c6.4xlarge
    ecs.c6e.4xlarge

    16

    32

    ecs.c6.6xlarge

    24

    48

    ecs.c6.8xlarge
    ecs.c6e.8xlarge

    32

    64

    Previous-generation instance types

    The following ECS instance types belong to older generations and were certified for SAP earlier. We recommend using current-generation certified instance types whenever possible.

    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