# Why does discourse take up so much disk space?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** server-resources
**Created:** [5월 21, 2017, 9:21오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105 "2017-05-21T21:21:59Z")
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### Author: ![wiliamjoaquim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/wiliamjoaquim/32/71571_2.png) [@wiliamjoaquim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/wiliamjoaquim)
#### Post date: [5월 21, 2017, 9:21오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105/1 "2017-05-21T21:21:59Z")

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I have a Discourse directory installed on Digita Ocean, it has only 600 members and 160 topics and it already has 13 GB in Digital Ocean, would you like to know how I can help reduce consumption?

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### Author: ![mpalmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mpalmer/32/45740_2.png) [@mpalmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/mpalmer)
#### Post date: [5월 21, 2017, 10:37오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105/2 "2017-05-21T22:37:04Z")

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> [@wiliamjoaquim](#):
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> would you like to know how I can help reduce consumption?

Assuming you mean, “how can I help reduce consumption?” (rather than this being the teaser for a future howto of your own), the answer is: figure out what’s taking up the space, and if it isn’t needed, delete it.

To answer the question in your title: Discourse takes up a lot of space because it’s significantly easier for everyone if we just ship a copy of everything above the kernel in one neat little package, rather than trying to shoehorn everything into whatever crazy setup people already have on their machine.

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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: [5월 21, 2017, 11:18오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105/3 "2017-05-21T23:18:50Z")

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Be sure to read the topics here on how to clean up disk space. I would not recommend running an active community with less than 20gb and ideally 30gb disk space.

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### Author: ![JammyDodger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jammydodger/32/254611_2.png) [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [6월 8, 2024, 12:44오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105/4 "2024-06-08T12:44:48Z")

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