Increase serverless background function memory limit

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hey :waving_hand:

I use serverless background function to sync data between different systems once every night.
e.g. it fetches data from A and B creates a local diff and then updates the changes to A.

So far this has been working great and thx to the 30 minute limit of background functions it worked perfectly. :flexed_biceps:

But now I need to add another system and there we have a litte more data so now when creating the diff I hit a memory limit of 1GB. :see_no_evil_monkey:
e.g. I logged the memory usage and it goes up to 1 GB and then it dies.

I know that AWS can be configured with a memory limit of up to 10 GB.

I don’t need nearly as much… I think with the current dataset I would need about 1.5-2 GB…
to be safe can the limit be increased to 3 GB?

Summary:
Please increase the memory limit of background functions to 3 GB for the site id 41e86779-9d21-42d8-9c9c-f492ca92b575.

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Unfortunately, this limit is not adjustable. You’ll need to reduce the memory size to stay below that limit.

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That’s really unfortunate.

Is there any workaround within the Netlify ecosystem that would let me exceed the 1 GB memory limit? Maybe through special functions, scheduled (cron) jobs, or something similar? :crossed_fingers:

If not, what would be a good alternative? Would spinning up a more traditional server elsewhere make sense—and if so, do you have any recommendations? :thinking:

P.S. I was really hoping to avoid maintaining a “classical” server :see_no_evil_monkey: That’s exactly why I’ve been loving Netlify so far!