diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend b/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend
index 25492830cb..3a9388c6b6 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
 lvm_size: 20000
-mem_size: 1024
+mem_size: 2048
 num_cpus: 2
 
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in