# What AWS instance do you recommend?

**URL:** <https://community.cratedb.com/t/what-aws-instance-do-you-recommend/399>\
**Category:** CrateDB\
**Created:** [May 21, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/what-aws-instance-do-you-recommend/399 "2020-05-21T18:14:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 21, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://community.cratedb.com/t/what-aws-instance-do-you-recommend/399/1 "2020-05-21T18:14:58Z")

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We need a minimal setup, 3 nodes, 12 cores and 24G Ram, what AWS instance would you recommend ?  
Is 3 nodes with 4 cores each enough?, would the cores be used only by CrateDB?, how does CrateDB work within the AWS infrastructure?, what’s better, 3 nodes with 4 cores each, or one node with 12?