Optimizing NodeBB for Lower Memory Usage on a 1GB RAM Server

[Merrgo92]

Dear NodeBB Community,

I'm running a server with 1GB of RAM and 1 CPU, where NodeBB is hosted alongside other websites. Generally, things have been running smoothly, but I've noticed that sometimes the memory usage becomes inadequate when I run additional Node.js servers (for a REST API).

Are there any ways to optimize the NodeBB application to make it less memory-intensive? Here's a snapshot of the current memory consumption:

I would appreciate your advice and suggestions on how to reduce the memory footprint of NodeBB to improve my server's performance.

Thank you in advance!

[baris]

If I remember correctly --max-old-space-size can be used to limit the amount of memory that the nodejs process can allocate. https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#cli_max_old_space_size_size_in_megabytes

[phenomlab]

@baris said in Optimizing NodeBB for Lower Memory Usage on a 1GB RAM Server:

--max-old-space-size

Did anyone else read this too quickly and though it said --max-old-spice-size and thought they had just entered the twighlight zone and was viewing an 80s commercial for men's aftershave?

No? Just me then....

[baris]