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title: "AWS"
slug: "aws-13-2-1"
tags: ["Portal"]
updated: 2026-06-24T10:56:11Z
published: 2026-06-24T10:56:11Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/aws-13-2-1"
---

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# AWS

## General Requirements

For general requirements, see [Planning, General and Port Requirements](/v1/docs/planning-general-and-port-requirements#general-requirements).

## Specific Requirements

CTERA recommends using the R6 or M6i family of EC2 instances for the portal installation. For example, the M6i.2xlarge instance type for the primary database and secondary, replication, servers and for application servers that are defined with the CTERA Messaging service. M6i.xlarge instance type for application and preview servers.

Clusters that are memory intensive should use the R6 family.

**Note**

Amazon often add instance types that are more powerful for the same or even less money. CTERA recommends **always** checking with [CTERA Support](https://www.ctera.com/support/) for the latest recommendations.