Recommended environment: Dual core CPU recommended 1 GB RAM minimum (with swap) 64 bit Linux compatible with Docker The above is for 1 domain, I assume. What are the minimum specs requirements for multisite discourse? If I want to host 2 domains, does it mean I will need at least 2GB …

I found this Do I need a VPS for Discourse and do I host the main site on the same server? - #5 by Sander78 and it seems I can host 2-3 discourse sites on 1GB RAM droplet. Please correct me if I’m mistaken.

I would not recommend that, no. I’d say 512mb ram minimum for each additional community. So 1 GB to start with community 1, then + 512mb for community 2, + 512mb for community 3, etc.

[image] tenzan: Please correct me if I’m mistaken. Note that I said I have very small communities. And I mean very small. So you might want to go with @codinghorror ’s advice.

Let’s say, if I use 2GB droplet, for 2-3 sites, do you recommend to have 2GB swap as well?

If I’m not mistaken the recommended size for swap is always the RAM size. But hey, Google is my friend and I found this: http://wiki.linuxquestions.org/wiki/Partitioning_guidelines From the Swap space paragraph: Almost every Linux system will need swap space. The classic piece of advice is “swap…

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tenzan (Askar) June 18, 2015, 12:29pm 8

I was wondering if there is some Discourse-specific requirements.

Otherwise, from my experience, it was always recommended swap size = RAM x 2
At least from my experience.

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