From b0461622aa5c759bd59b20a1ea070e33971ef784 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Sweeting Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2026 11:12:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Document minimum memory and swap --- docs/Install.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/Install.md b/docs/Install.md index 1b1fd34c..896cc1fc 100644 --- a/docs/Install.md +++ b/docs/Install.md @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Other systems are not officially supported but may work with degraded functional
-You will also need at least 1GB of RAM, and 2GB or greater is recommended. You may be able to reduce crawl-time RAM pressure if you disable all the chrome-based archiving methods with [`CHROME_ENABLED=False`](https://archivebox.github.io/abx-plugins/#chrome) (or its `USE_CHROME` alias). +**Memory:** 1GB of RAM minimum; 2GB or more is recommended. On a 1GB host, configure at least 4GB of swap before running full default crawls. You can reduce crawl-time memory pressure by disabling all Chrome-based archiving methods with [`CHROME_ENABLED=False`](https://archivebox.github.io/abx-plugins/#chrome) (or its `USE_CHROME` alias). It's also recommended to use a filesystem with compression and/or [deduplication](https://www.ixsystems.com/blog/ixsystems-and-klara-systems-celebrate-valentines-day-with-a-heartfelt-donation-of-fast-dedupe-to-openzfs-and-truenas/) (e.g. [ZFS](https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/Getting%20Started/index.html) or BTRFS) for maximum efficiency.