diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/memcached b/inventory/group_vars/memcached
index ea47085a7a..7874afb098 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/memcached
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/memcached
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
 lvm_size: 10000
-mem_size: 1536
+mem_size: 4096
 num_cpus: 1
 
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/memcached-stg b/inventory/group_vars/memcached-stg
index ea47085a7a..21f862ff0d 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/memcached-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/memcached-stg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
 lvm_size: 10000
-mem_size: 1536
+mem_size: 3072
 num_cpus: 1
 
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in