# Preparing test Installation -some questions

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**Created:** [September 20, 2018, 10:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preparing-test-installation-some-questions/97645 "2018-09-20T10:40:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 11:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/preparing-test-installation-some-questions/97645/3 "2018-09-20T11:10:00Z")

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> [@zogstrip](#):
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> Size of the database doesn’t matter that much. What matters is how active your forum is.

As a rule of thumb you want the database to fit in ram. If you have hundreds of thousands of posts, you might need more ram. If you’re installing many plugins, I recommend going with 2gb of ram.

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