How much RAM does a Arma Reforger server need?

Reforger's newer engine is more efficient than Arma 3's, but the same principle applies: the AI count drives the number.

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You need a server with at least

8GB

Engine / Base OS:
4 GB
Player Overhead:
+3.2 GB
Estimated Raw Usage:
7.2 GB
Suggested cores:
6
Disk to allow:
30 GB+

Enfusion parallelises better than Arma 3, so extra cores are genuinely used.

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What actually drives Arma Reforger memory use

The Enfusion engine handles a given scenario more cheaply than its predecessor, so a comparable mission costs less. What has not changed is what scales — populated scenarios with large AI counts are expensive, and mods from the workshop add to the baseline at load time.

The mistake to avoid

Carrying an Arma 3 figure across. The engines are different enough that an old estimate will be wrong in both directions depending on the scenario, so size from the mission type rather than from experience with the older game.

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