Title: Acceptable Background Usage
Last modified: December 12, 2024

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# Acceptable Background Usage

 *  Resolved [jasperdemann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasperdemann/)
 * (@jasperdemann)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/acceptable-background-usage/)
 * Hi
   I have a main site (Total installation size 1.44 GB) and a subdomain (Total
   installation size 241.14 MB).When looking at my resources usage, I’m having an
   issue where there is constant use of around 150MB of memory and there are always
   2 processes running.I’ve tried to trace what’s causing these issues without success.
   So far, I’ve deactivated all plugins, changed themes and, as I have WP-cron disabled
   and am using a server to trigger action_scheduler through wp-cron.php?doing_wp_cron,
   I have also paused all cron events.Even with all those disabled and the site 
   not being visited, the 150MB and 2 processes are still continuously running 24/
   7.My hosting provider tells me that with shared hosting it’s normal to have some
   background usage, but 150MB seems high to me.My question then is, what is an 
   acceptable amount of background usage?And if the numbers I’m seeing are high,
   any tips on how to track down what’s causing them?

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/acceptable-background-usage/#post-18195077)
 * On today’s servers, several PHP processes are always available to process incoming
   requests quickly. Their number depends on the available RAM and other resources
   of the host system and is configured on the web server itself. These then also
   reserve some RAM so that it is directly available. Therefore, this is quite normal,
   for me rather reassuring that this exists as it ensures that visitors get their
   page delivered quickly.
 *  Thread Starter [jasperdemann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasperdemann/)
 * (@jasperdemann)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/acceptable-background-usage/#post-18196150)
 * Great, thanks.
   The answer my hosting provider’s AI gave me didn’t mention this!
   I have 3072MB available. Do you think 150-180MB is a reasonable amount for this
   purpose?
 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/acceptable-background-usage/#post-18196151)
 * The values described above are perfectly acceptable. With the 3072MB, however,
   I would check again whether this is RAM or storage space. For RAM in a share 
   hosting this would be good, whether it is sufficient depends on your project.
 *  Thread Starter [jasperdemann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasperdemann/)
 * (@jasperdemann)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/acceptable-background-usage/#post-18196163)
 * I see.
   It says it’s the ‘amount of short-term memory used by hosting plan’s processes’,
   which I think is RAM, yeah?!
 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/acceptable-background-usage/#post-18196167)
 * Yes, it sounds like it.
 *  Thread Starter [jasperdemann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasperdemann/)
 * (@jasperdemann)
 * [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/acceptable-background-usage/#post-18196172)
 * Great.
   Thanks for your help.AI has some way to go before they get better than
   us humans at ‘helping’!

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 * [processes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/processes/)
 * [ram](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/ram/)

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 * Last reply from: [jasperdemann](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasperdemann/)
 * Last activity: [1 year, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/acceptable-background-usage/#post-18196172)
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