# 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:** [2014 年1 月 30 日 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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作者： ![ArmedGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/armedguy/32/107987_2.png) [@ArmedGuy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ArmedGuy)\
发布日期： [2014 年2 月 4 日 17:43 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-need-1-gb-of-ram/12301/9 "2014-02-04T17:43:28Z")

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“Need” is not the correct word i’d say. I’ve successfully installed and ran it on an 512MB VPS from DO(1GB RAM and 3GB swap was NOT needed, atleast not for me).  
The issues would probably arise when you have more people on the forums.

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