diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend b/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend
index 56a96a23c6..d583b1b501 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 # Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
 lvm_size: 20000
-mem_size: 6144
-num_cpus: 4
+mem_size: 24576
+num_cpus: 8
 
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend-stg b/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend-stg
index d5f0c9a809..aad18f790e 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend-stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/notifs-backend-stg
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 ---
 # Define resources for this group of hosts here. 
 lvm_size: 20000
-mem_size: 1024
-num_cpus: 2
+mem_size: 16384
+num_cpus: 4
 
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file