# RTS error: Cannot grow memory

**URL:** <https://forum.dfinity.org/t/rts-error-cannot-grow-memory/14443>\
**Category:** Developers\
**Created:** [July 21, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/rts-error-cannot-grow-memory/14443 "2022-07-21T06:38:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![avi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/avi/32/1904_2.png) [@avi](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/avi)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/rts-error-cannot-grow-memory/14443/1 "2022-07-21T06:38:16Z")

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When I upload a large amount of data to my test container, I execute the update container code and prompt: RTS error: Cannot grow memory

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**Author:** ![Vivienne](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.dfinity.org/vivienne/32/29170_2.png) [@Vivienne](https://forum.dfinity.org/u/Vivienne)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 7:10am UTC](https://forum.dfinity.org/t/rts-error-cannot-grow-memory/14443/2 "2022-07-21T07:10:58Z")

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Canisters currently have a hard limit of 12 (or was it 8?) GB of stable storage and 4GB of non-stable storage. It sounds to me like you’re hitting one of those limits. The typical solution for this is to scale out into multiple canisters to store all that data.

[https://www.canscale.dev/](https://www.canscale.dev/) could be of interest to you.