# Discourse Swap Memory (1GB Warning)

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-swap-memory-1gb-warning/90480>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** server-resources\
**Created:** [22 ביוני,‏ 2018,‏ 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-swap-memory-1gb-warning/90480 "2018-06-22T12:59:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![david234](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@david234](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david234)\
**Post date:** [22 ביוני,‏ 2018,‏ 12:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-swap-memory-1gb-warning/90480/1 "2018-06-22T12:59:57Z")

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Hi,

I attempted to install Discourse on a digital ocean droplet with 1gb of RAM, the installer stated I should ideally be using 2gb of RAM, it mentionned swap files and that I could potentially run into problems with future upgrades.

Therefore is it safe to start with 1GB and if required upgrade the RAM later - would Discourse automatically use the additional RAM or would one need to amend the configuration in some way to allow for more RAM in future - and if so how?

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