# Does kubernetes deployment "request memory" consume real resources **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [September 7, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/does-kubernetes-deployment-request-memory-consume-real-resources/7826 "2019-09-07T08:33:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnzheng1975](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3e96dc/32.png) [@johnzheng1975](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/johnzheng1975)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/does-kubernetes-deployment-request-memory-consume-real-resources/7826/1 "2019-09-07T08:33:35Z")
I have one question about resources usage and request: Let us say I have only one k8s node. It has 12GB memory, 2GB is used by system components. The other 10GB are using by k8s pods. Assume I already have two pods on this nodes 1 First pod memory request is 7GB, real memory usage is only 1GB 2 Second pod memory request is 1MB, real memory usage is 3GB. My question are: 1 Will the node raise memory low usage issue? 2 Whether “pod ==\> resource =\> request =\> memory” are consuming real memory or not? 3 Now, if I create a new pod whose request memory is 100MB, can it be scheduled on this node?