# Why does Discourse need 1 GB of RAM?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
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**Created:** [Janvier 30, 2014, 7:42 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:** ![lukelarris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lukelarris/32/122553_2.png) [@lukelarris](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lukelarris)\
**Post date:** [Février 4, 2014, 7:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301/11 "2014-02-04T19:43:51Z")

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While I understand the whole “preparing for the next decade of the Internet” thing, 1 GB of RAM minimum is still a pretty aggressive and expensive requirement, especially for smaller forums. It may be $10 a month on DO but that’s twice what I pay now for a 512MB setup with 3 php-based forums on it that are barely breaking even with hosting and domain costs.

You could argue that the requirement keeps a lot of crappy forums being prevalent like it is with most free forum software though.

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