# 2GB enough RAM for a 300MB dataset?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2gb-enough-ram-for-a-300mb-dataset/345021
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 14, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2gb-enough-ram-for-a-300mb-dataset/345021 "2023-10-14T05:36:40Z")
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### Author:  [@kiko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kiko)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2023, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2gb-enough-ram-for-a-300mb-dataset/345021/1 "2023-10-14T05:36:40Z")
Hi, I'm having a hard time finding the required RAM for a dataset like mine: it's 300 MB in size, and has around 300 products and 250 product categories.
Each product's JSON is around 10-15 KB in size.
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### Author:  [@Rios](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rios)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2023, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2gb-enough-ram-for-a-300mb-dataset/345021/2 "2023-10-14T06:44:56Z")
I would say, for 300 MB index, 2 GB memory assigned to ES should be fine.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2023, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/2gb-enough-ram-for-a-300mb-dataset/345021/4 "2023-11-11T07:23:36Z")
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