# Is DigitalOcean new Basic ok for Ghost? (1 vCPU, 512MB memory / 500GB bandwidth / 10GB SSD)

**URL:** <https://forum.ghost.org/t/is-digitalocean-new-basic-ok-for-ghost-1-vcpu-512mb-memory-500gb-bandwidth-10gb-ssd/32714>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [September 11, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/is-digitalocean-new-basic-ok-for-ghost-1-vcpu-512mb-memory-500gb-bandwidth-10gb-ssd/32714 "2022-09-11T21:01:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sigul](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/sigul/32/12326_2.png) [@sigul](https://forum.ghost.org/u/sigul)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/is-digitalocean-new-basic-ok-for-ghost-1-vcpu-512mb-memory-500gb-bandwidth-10gb-ssd/32714/1 "2022-09-11T21:01:54Z")

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I was wondering if downgrading my droplet to save 3 USD per month

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**Author:** ![mjw](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/mjw/32/30781_2.png) [@mjw](https://forum.ghost.org/u/mjw)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/is-digitalocean-new-basic-ok-for-ghost-1-vcpu-512mb-memory-500gb-bandwidth-10gb-ssd/32714/2 "2022-09-12T17:08:46Z")

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I doubt it; Ghost needs a minimum of 1 GB memory.

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**Author:** ![RyanF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forum.ghost.org/ryanf/32/17448_2.png) [@RyanF](https://forum.ghost.org/u/RyanF)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:57pm UTC](https://forum.ghost.org/t/is-digitalocean-new-basic-ok-for-ghost-1-vcpu-512mb-memory-500gb-bandwidth-10gb-ssd/32714/3 "2022-09-12T17:57:37Z")

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@mjw is right. We recommend a minimum of 1GB RAM. See the prerequisites here: [How to install & setup Ghost on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 or 22.04](https://ghost.org/docs/install/ubuntu/#prerequisites)