# Does Discourse require 2GB to work "Lag Free"?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-require-2gb-to-work-lag-free/25278>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [February 16, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-require-2gb-to-work-lag-free/25278 "2015-02-16T05:41:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2016, 10:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-discourse-require-2gb-to-work-lag-free/25278/21 "2016-01-25T10:29:12Z")

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> [@ljpp](#):
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> With 1GB VPS slice costing 10$/month, is it really worth the effort try to push Discourse down to 512mb?

Not from our perspective, $10/month is the target for now.

I suspect 1GB VPS will eventually get down to $5/month anyway in a few years.

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