# Increase memory available to ignition

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/increase-memory-available-to-ignition/1533>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 12, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/increase-memory-available-to-ignition/1533 "2010-02-12T06:50:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 6:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/increase-memory-available-to-ignition/1533/1 "2010-02-12T06:50:24Z")

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Hey Guys,  
The gateway defaults to 1 GB. In order to increase this, I need to adjust it in ignition.conf. Is this a normal situation, and what can I safely set it too. Is there a 4 Gb limit?

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**Author:** ![jim\_lapratt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cc9497/32.png) [@jim\_lapratt](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jim_lapratt)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 12:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/increase-memory-available-to-ignition/1533/2 "2010-03-31T12:21:58Z")

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We have increased ours to 2048. We have 4 gig in the box. Just an FYI

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**Author:** ![Kyle\_Chase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kyle\_Chase](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kyle_Chase)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/increase-memory-available-to-ignition/1533/3 "2010-03-31T14:34:51Z")

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I have a machine running 8 Gb, so I presume the sky is the limit, presuming the rest of the system has enough memory available. This machine is a 32 Gb machine

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**Author:** ![Carl.Gould](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/carl.gould/32/7262_2.png) [@Carl.Gould](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Carl.Gould)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/increase-memory-available-to-ignition/1533/4 "2010-03-31T16:21:58Z")

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Yep - you just have to tell Java how much you’re willing to let it use.