# Upgrade max memory

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-max-memory/6357>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 30, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-max-memory/6357 "2013-04-30T23:17:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![EricFrancoeur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@EricFrancoeur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EricFrancoeur)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-max-memory/6357/1 "2013-04-30T23:17:56Z")

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Memory (used/max) 1.6 gb / 2.0 gb

You guys have a procedure to up that to like 6gb

In Linux

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**Author:** ![EricFrancoeur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@EricFrancoeur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/EricFrancoeur)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-max-memory/6357/2 "2013-04-30T23:26:26Z")

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And can you tell me what is what?? Special the CMS Old Gen and why is it so high

And thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrade-max-memory/6357/3 "2013-05-01T03:18:49Z")

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The max memory can be changed in the ignition.conf file, the location of which depends on whether you’ve used the linux installer or followed the README directions and simply unzipped the ignition folder somewhere.

As for what all the information in that memory table means, well… maybe [start here.](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/memorymanagement-whitepaper-150215.pdf)