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the RAM usage depends on the size of rooms the users join, not the number of users. synapse typically takes around 1GB of RAM (allocate 2 to be safe), but we ar
by Arathorn 8y ago
the RAM usage depends on the size of rooms the users join, not the number of users. synapse typically takes around 1GB of RAM (allocate 2 to be safe), but we are working on that.
- wbxrs 8y ago2 GB of RAM for a chat server?!!?
- staz 8y agoFrom what I've heard here from people using the Slack desktop client, 2GB is now normal for a chat client
- wbxrs 8y agoI think it is perfectly reasonable for a client to use more RAM than a server, having to display a GUI and all. I'm thinking of IRC servers vs. clients. (Certainly not 2 GB, but that's another matter.)
- meruru 8y agoThere are a few alternative server implementations under development. Personally I'm hopeful for Dendrite (written in Go): https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite https://github.com/matrix-org/dendrite