# Normal RAM Usage

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/normal-ram-usage/50630>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 25, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/normal-ram-usage/50630 "2016-09-25T17:13:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![dustinmatlock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/dustinmatlock/32/78358_2.png) [@dustinmatlock](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dustinmatlock)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/normal-ram-usage/50630/1 "2016-09-25T17:13:27Z")

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Hello, I have Discourse installed on DigitalOcean. I see the minimum requirements are 1 GB of RAM, although it seems my server is using more than expected. Any thoughts, is this normal? Thanks!

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