Must have
Hard prerequisites
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana process
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana process
Application hosting
Hosting Grafana
Grafana visualizes metrics, logs and traces from other systems. Its installation guide lists 1 CPU core and 512 MB memory for the Grafana server process, while production data sources need separate capacity.
- Min vCPU
- 1
- Min memory
- 0.5 GiB
- Min storage
- Depends on workload
Recommended
Documented guidance
No further general recommendations are published for this version.
Published starting requirements
The minimum covers the Grafana server process only. The official small-deployment sizing guide starts at 2 CPU cores, 2–4 GB RAM and 10–20 GB database disk; data sources and renderers are separate.
We only compare what providers publish. A RAM figure alone can't confirm compatibility or production capacity.
Deploy with
Supported paths
The host must provide
Runtime
- Database
- Supported Grafana database; MySQL or PostgreSQL suggested for growing production use
- Data sources
- Metric, log or trace stores are separate services with their own sizing
Storage
Persistent data
Grafana configuration and dashboard database require persistent storage. Prometheus, Loki, Tempo and image rendering consume resources outside the base Grafana process.
Step by step
Grafana deployment outline
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Separate components
Size the Grafana process and data sources independently using the official small/medium/large guidance.
Official instructions -
Install and persist state
Select an official package, Docker image or Helm chart and persist configuration and database.
Official instructions -
Limit network reach
Restrict data-source proxy access to sensitive internal services and secure administrator accounts.
Official instructions
Security
Before you go public
- Restrict administrator access and use HTTPS.
- Constrain data-source proxy access to internal services.
- Back up dashboard and configuration data.
Cost
Beyond the server price
- Include metric/log/trace stores and retention, not just Grafana compute.
- Rendering and alert evaluation can require extra capacity.
Matching plans
Plans with published evidence
DigitalOcean
CPU-Optimized Regular Droplet · 2 vCPU / 4 GiB
2vCPU
4 GiBRAM
25 GiBStorage
4 TBTransfer
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
DigitalOcean
General Purpose Droplet · 2 Dedicated vCPU / 8 GB
2vCPU
8 GBRAM
25 GBStorage
4 TBTransfer
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
Hetzner Cloud
Hetzner Cloud CCX53 (Germany and Finland)
32vCPU
128 GBRAM
600 GBStorage
50 TBTransfer
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
Hetzner Cloud
Hetzner Cloud CCX63 (Germany and Finland)
48vCPU
192 GBRAM
960 GBStorage
60 TBTransfer
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
Meets the documented hard prerequisites
Meeting documented runtime prerequisites does not prove production capacity. Traffic, workloads, software configuration, and shared host limits are not measured here.
- At least 1 CPU core for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
- At least 512 MB memory for the Grafana processThe published plan value satisfies this requirement.
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