title: What is the optimal hardware requirements for tableau server?
body: <p>For testing purposes Tableau says 4 cores, 8 GB RAM and 15 GB disk space.
  But recommended one says 8 physical cores, 32 GB RAM and 50 GB disk space.</p>
  
  <p>Now I am stuck as 2nd configuration seems to be an overkill. I don't have heavy requirements. How should I decide on cores and RAM?</p>
  
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    <p>I shall be connecting Tableau to MySQL for real time dashboards</p>
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