# Does the server need 2GB of RAM?

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**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [January 3, 2015, 9:45am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-server-need-2gb-of-ram/23630 "2015-01-03T09:45:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![rumpelsepp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bc79bd/32.png) [@rumpelsepp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rumpelsepp)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2015, 10:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/does-the-server-need-2gb-of-ram/23630/6 "2015-01-03T10:23:20Z")

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Depends on the number of users and requests I think. I run a small private instance with some old friends of mine. I have reduced the unicorn workers and the sidekiq concurrency. It works really well with a small amount of RAM.

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