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512MB ram is nothing now (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 months ago by Freestylesno@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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512MB was a huge flash drive now it's not enough ram. Turns out Spotify can't open-source Car Thing because it's a potato https://www.androidauthority.com/spotify-car-thing-open-source-3449487/

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[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 5 months ago (3 children)

I mean, VPSs with 512MB of RAM exist, so surely it's still useful for something.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 15 points 5 months ago

Yup, and I use them. 512MB is more than enough for a lot of things.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Routers with more then 512 megs of ram are pretty new for example

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org -4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

You're referring to dumb home routers right?

Because for example OPNsense recommeds at least 8GB of RAM, though the bare minimum is 2GB.
And even purpose-built enterprise routers are certainly in similar ballpark. BGP will eat that.

I don't think I've seen one of those dumb ones with nearly that much RAM. Usually they're like 16MB/32MB. Guess I'll have to check.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Im not talking about commercial routers, no.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

My Mikrotik router at home (entry level enterprise gear) has 512MB RAM, and it can do most of what those bigger routers can, just a lot fewer connections.

[–] WallEx@feddit.de -1 points 5 months ago

Routers with more then 512 megs of ram are pretty new for example