# Minimal system requirements **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 18, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimal-system-requirements/5627 "2011-10-18T13:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AJ\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@AJ\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/AJ_2)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimal-system-requirements/5627/1 "2011-10-18T13:54:03Z")
Hi, i want to add search support to my CMS. I was thinking to get a dedicated VPS and use it to host elasticsearch. At this time I don't have much data to index (10MB of html documents). So i'm wondering what are the minimal system requirements for the VPS. I can't find this info anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimal-system-requirements/5627/2 "2011-10-18T18:06:49Z")
Its kind of hard to give system requirements as the use cases vary so much. For this small dataset, you don't need a strong machine... . On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:54 PM, AJ [andrejjancic@gmail.com](mailto:andrejjancic@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > i want to add search support to my CMS. I was thinking to get a > dedicated VPS and use it to host elasticsearch. At this time I don't > have much data to index (10MB of html documents). > > So i'm wondering what are the minimal system requirements for the VPS. > I can't find this info anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimal-system-requirements/5627/3 "2017-07-06T03:51:30Z")