# 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: ![Falco](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/falco/32/179432_2.png) [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/normal-ram-usage/50630/7 "2016-09-26T18:29:28Z")

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I have followed this guide soem months ago, and it worked fine:

> [@Install Docker with AUFS on Linode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-install-docker-with-aufs-on-linode/39831):
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> The [30-minute Discourse installation guide](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/master/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md) assumes you’ll be using Digital Ocean and makes no mention of an important requirement for Docker: If you use another hosting provider, you should really make sure that a Linux kernel feature called “[AUFS](https://docs.docker.com/engine/userguide/storagedriver/aufs-driver/)” is supported. Docker not using AUFS can cause [terrible pain](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cant-install-discourse-with-only-10-gb-disk-run-out-of-space/29149/37). If you want to use Linode, here’s how to enable AUFS support in Ubuntu (for other OSes, refer to [Linode’s guide](https://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/custom-kernels-distros/run-a-distribution-supplied-kernel-with-kvm) and update the instructions below accordingly: Create the Linode and pic…

However, keep in mind that people have some concerns with Linode security:

> <https://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/760707378824220672>

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About migration, it’s easy. After having Discourse running in both servers, backup from old, restore on new.

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