diff --git a/doc/install/requirements.md b/doc/install/requirements.md index ccfa670565e..86ad3211b46 100644 --- a/doc/install/requirements.md +++ b/doc/install/requirements.md @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ If you want to run the database separately, the **recommended** database size is ## Redis and Sidekiq Redis stores all user sessions and the background task queue. -The storage requirements for Redis are minimal, about 1kB per user. +The storage requirements for Redis are minimal, about 25kB per user. Sidekiq processes the background jobs with a multithreaded process. This process starts with the entire Rails stack (200MB+) but it can grow over time due to memory leaks. On a very active server (10.000 active users) the Sidekiq process can use 1GB+ of memory.