# 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 Enero, 2014 19:42 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:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [30 Enero, 2014 20:55 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301/2 "2014-01-30T20:55:08Z")

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You can’t fit that much awesome into 512mb

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