# RAM or SSD upgrade to speed up Streaming Engine? **URL:** \ **Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\ **Created:** [March 31, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ram-or-ssd-upgrade-to-speed-up-streaming-engine/48426 "2017-03-31T15:00:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Howard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@Lucas\_Howard](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lucas_Howard)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2017, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ram-or-ssd-upgrade-to-speed-up-streaming-engine/48426/1 "2017-03-31T15:00:09Z")
Will upgrading my RAM or SSD help improve speed of Wowza Streaming Engine Manager (WSEM)? Even just clicking into a new page or menu takes a minute or so. I’m a student (not in software development) using WSEM to learn, so preferably not upgrade both. - I’m using Macbook Pro mid-2012, well cared for. - When WSEM is slow my MacBook Activity Monitor shows CPU% no larger than 18% peaks. Memory Used 3.22 GB & Physical Memory 4.00 GB. - WSEM Status Usage shows: Wowza CPU n/a, Wowza Heap 5%, Total Memory 95%+, Total Disk 45%. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Alex\_C](https://community.wowza.com/u/Alex_C)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2017, 7:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ram-or-ssd-upgrade-to-speed-up-streaming-engine/48426/2 "2017-04-01T07:02:31Z")
Hello Lucas, Upgrading the RAM is the way to improve performance in Wowza Streaming Engine. Also, disabling the packetizers you are not using should ease the RAM burden. Regards, Alex ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Howard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d07c76/32.png) [@Lucas\_Howard](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lucas_Howard)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2017, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/ram-or-ssd-upgrade-to-speed-up-streaming-engine/48426/3 "2017-04-15T17:44:02Z")
Thank you Alex. I upgraded RAM and it is a little better. I will try step #2 now. Cheers!