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title: Pixie launches low memory mode to reduce resource requirements
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/whats-new/2022/09/whats-new-9-20-pixie-memory
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## Deploy Pixie to more clusters with reduced memory requirements.

1.  We've reduced Pixie's memory requirements by 50%, dropping its minimum memory requirement down to 1 GB.
2.  Systems with as little as 4GB of total memory are now viable to run Pixie (to accommodate application pods, we recommend that no more than 25% of the nodes' total memory be allocated to Pixie).
3.  For larger clusters, we still recommend using the default 2 GB memory configuration for optimal performance.

## How to get started

-   By default, the vizier-pem's memory request is the same as the limit. 
-   If you want to specify a different memory request, you can add the following configuration parameter to your Helm chart during installation. For example, for a 1 GB memory request you'd use: **--set pixie-chart.pemMemoryRequest=1Gi**

Learn more in [our Pixie docs](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/kubernetes-pixie/auto-telemetry-pixie/advanced-configuration/manage-pixie-memory/).