diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageVmManager.java b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageVmManager.java
index 4f87346828c..3cac4cee928 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageVmManager.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/storage/secondary/SecondaryStorageVmManager.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import com.cloud.vm.SecondaryStorageVmVO;
 
 public interface SecondaryStorageVmManager extends Manager {
 
-	public static final int DEFAULT_SS_VM_RAMSIZE = 256;			// 256M
+	public static final int DEFAULT_SS_VM_RAMSIZE = 512;			// 512M
 	public static final int DEFAULT_SS_VM_CPUMHZ = 500;				// 500 MHz
 	public static final int DEFAULT_SS_VM_MTUSIZE = 1500;
     public static final int DEFAULT_SS_VM_CAPACITY = 50;			// max command execution session per SSVM