Updated on 2025-07-29 GMT+08:00

RocketMQ Specifications

Learn about specifications supported by RocketMQ.

DMS for RocketMQ is compatible with open-source RocketMQ 4.8.0 and 5.x.

RocketMQ 4.8.0

RocketMQ 4.8.0 specifications are defined from the following dimensions:

  • ECS flavor: flavor of the ECS used by the instance
  • Number of brokers: scale of the instance
  • Disk type: defines the storage space. High I/O, General Purpose SSD, Extreme SSD, and ultra-high I/O types are available.
  • Storage space: storage capacity available for each broker
  • TPS per broker: TPS performance of each broker (assuming 1 KB messages as baseline)
  • Max. topics per broker: number of topics allowed for each broker
  • Max. consumer groups per broker: number of consumer groups allowed for each broker

Table 1 lists the RocketMQ 4.8.0 specifications.

TPS (Transaction per second) indicates the total number of produced and consumed messages per second, that is, the total throughput of message production and consumption per second for a flavor (assuming 1 KB messages).

Table 1 Instance specifications (RocketMQ 4.8.0)

Flavor

Brokers

Storage Space (GB per Broker)

TPS per Broker

Max. Topics per Broker

Max. Consumer Groups per Broker

rocketmq.4u8g.cluster.small

1–10

300–60,000

15,000

2,000

2,000

rocketmq.4u8g.cluster

1–10

300–600,000

20,000

4,000

4,000

rocketmq.8u16g.cluster

1–10

300–900,000

25,000

8,000

8,000

rocketmq.12u24g.cluster

1–10

300–900,000

28,000

12,000

12,000

rocketmq.16u32g.cluster

1–10

300–900,000

30,000

16,000

16,000

RocketMQ 5.x Basic Edition

RocketMQ 5.x basic edition specifications are defined from the following dimensions:

  • ECS flavor: flavor of the ECS used by the instance
  • Disk type: defines the storage space. High I/O, General Purpose SSD, Extreme SSD, and ultra-high I/O types are available.
  • Storage space: storage capacity the instance can use
  • TPS: TPS performance of the instance
  • Max. topics: number of topics allowed for the instance
  • Max. consumer groups: number of consumer groups allowed for the instance

Table 2 and Table 3 describe the RocketMQ 5.x basic edition specifications. In the following tables, TPS is calculated using 4 KB normal messages. The TPS of sending scheduled, delayed, or transactional messages is that of sending normal messages multiplied by 5. For receiving these messages, do not do the multiplication. For example, the TPS of sending a normal message per second is 1, and TPS of sending a transactional message per second is 5 (1 x 5).

Table 2 Instance specifications (RocketMQ 5.x basic edition single-node)

Flavor

Storage Space (GB)

TPS

Max. Topics

Max. Consumer Groups

rocketmq.b1.large.1

100–30,000

500

50

500

Table 3 Instance specifications (RocketMQ 5.x basic edition cluster)

Flavor

Storage Space (GB)

TPS

Max. Topics

Max. Consumer Groups

rocketmq.b2.large.4

200–60,000

2,000

100

1000

rocketmq.b2.large.8

200–60,000

4,000

100

1000

rocketmq.b2.large.12

200–60,000

6,000

100

1000

DMS for RocketMQ 5.x Professional Edition

The specifications of a RocketMQ 5.x professional edition instance are defined on seven dimensions:

  • ECS flavor: flavor of the ECS used by the instance
  • Disk type: defines the storage space. High I/O, General Purpose SSD, Extreme SSD, and ultra-high I/O types are available.
  • Storage space: storage capacity the instance can use
  • TPS: TPS performance of the instance
  • Flexible TPS: flexible TPS of the instance
  • Max. topics: number of topics allowed for the instance
  • Max. consumer groups: number of consumer groups allowed for the instance

Table 4 and Table 5 list the flavors of DMS for RocketMQ 5.x professional edition. In the following tables, TPS is calculated using 4 KB normal messages. The TPS of sending scheduled, delayed, or transactional messages is that of sending normal messages multiplied by 5. For receiving these messages, do not do the multiplication. For example, the TPS of sending a normal message per second is 1, and TPS of sending a transactional message per second is 5 (1 x 5).

Table 4 Instance flavors (DMS for RocketMQ 5.x professional edition single-node)

Flavor Name

Storage Space (GB)

TPS

Max. Topics

Consumer Groups

rocketmq.p1.large.1

100–30,000

500

200

500

Table 5 Instance flavors (DMS for RocketMQ 5.x professional edition cluster)

Flavor Name

Storage Space (GB)

TPS

Flexible TPS

Topics

Consumer Groups

rocketmq.p2.large.8

200–60,000

4,000

2,000

400

1,500

rocketmq.p2.large.12

200–60,000

6,000

3,000

400

1,500

rocketmq.p2.large.20

200–60,000

10,000

5,000

800

1,500

rocketmq.p2.large.40

400–120,000

20,000

10,000

800

1,500

rocketmq.p2.large.100

400–120,000

50,000

25,000

1000

2,000

rocketmq.p2.large.150

400–120,000

75,000

37,500

1000

2,000

rocketmq.p2.large.200

800–240,000

100,000

50,000

1,500

4,000

rocketmq.p2.large.300

800–240,000

150,000

50,000

1,500

4,000