# Why does Discourse need 1 GB of RAM?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301>\
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**Created:** [30 Gennaio 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301 "2014-01-30T19:42:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![printec](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/919ad9/32.png) [@printec](https://meta.discourse.org/u/printec)\
**Post date:** [30 Gennaio 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301/1 "2014-01-30T19:42:16Z")

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Most forum software don’t need any where as much RAM as this. I was wondering what Discourse uses this RAM for? Is it doing a powerful amount of caching or what?

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