# Upgrading problems

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-problems/44659
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** server-resources
**Created:** [May 23, 2016, 8:02am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-problems/44659 "2016-05-23T08:02:07Z")
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### Author: ![zogstrip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/zogstrip/32/512781_2.png) [@zogstrip](https://meta.discourse.org/u/zogstrip)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2016, 8:04am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/upgrading-problems/44659/2 "2016-05-23T08:04:49Z")

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You need to add more swap. At least **2GB**

> [@Create a swapfile for your Linux server](https://meta.discourse.org/t/create-a-swapfile-for-your-linux-server/13880):
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> bulb For servers with \<= 4GB of RAM, running ./discourse-setup will prompt for and automatically create a 2GB swapfile. Most cloud virtual machine providers do not set up swapfiles as part of their server provisioning. In particular, upgrading Discourse produces a lot of memory pressure. With a swap file, rather than randomly terminating processes with an out of memory error, things will slow down instead. Having a swap file is a cheap insurance policy that protects you from many other lo…

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