# 为什么discourse会占用这么多磁盘空间？

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-does-discourse-take-up-so-much-disk-space/63105
**Category:** Self-hosting
**Tags:** server-resources
**Created:** [2017年五月21日 21:21 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: ![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: [2017年五月21日 22:37 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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