# "Cannot allocate memory" when upgrading

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-allocate-memory-when-upgrading/44029>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [11 Maggio 2016, 4:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-allocate-memory-when-upgrading/44029 "2016-05-11T04:23:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [24 Maggio 2016, 9:28pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-allocate-memory-when-upgrading/44029/24 "2016-05-24T21:28:00Z")

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No, it is related - as there’s more space to work with, the OS can keep more files cached in RAM with sleeping applications swapped out. Which probably improved performance.

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