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Project Zomboid server: measured memory use

A Project Zomboid dedicated server used 3,164 MB of memory ten minutes after it started, with nobody online, measured on a 4096 MB test server on 2026-10-05. Time to running: 31 s.

Memory after 10 minutes3,164 MB
Peak in the test3,165 MB
Time to running31 s
Install time2 min 45 s

Memory over the first ten minutes

One reading a minute, in MB: 3156, 3156, 3156, 3164, 3164, 3165, 3164, 3165, 3164, 3164.

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