# 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 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:** ![mliebelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mliebelt/32/107804_2.png) [@mliebelt](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mliebelt)\
**Post date:** [23 Febbraio 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301/15 "2014-02-23T14:17:35Z")

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I don’t think that hosting Discourse on the cloud is the best option you have. To start playing with it, perhaps, but a discussion forum should be up 100% of the time, so hosting individually seems to be the better option here. And 1 GB is not that much, anyway.

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