# 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\
**Tags:** hosting\
**Created:** [30.Январь.2014 19:42:16 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:** ![crepererum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/crepererum/32/104259_2.png) [@crepererum](https://meta.discourse.org/u/crepererum)\
**Post date:** [20.Февраль.2014 16:01:06 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301/13 "2014-02-20T16:01:06Z")

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I agree with @lukelarris. Especially for small forums/discourse instances with less than 100 users, this is a very hard requirement. It’s clear that discourse is build to scale up to a huge userbase, but it would be helpful for spreading this great technology if it would require less RAM for very small instances.

@ArmedGuy How many active users do you have?

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