<img src="/img/deployment/concepts/process-ram.svg">

And of course, the same machine would probably have **other processes** running as well, apart from your application.

An interesting detail is that the percentage of the **CPU used** by each process can **vary** a lot over time, but the **memory (RAM)** normally stays more or less **stable**.

You can create and use environment variables in the shell, without needing Python:

=== "Linux, macOS, Windows Bash"

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    ```console
    // You could create an env var MY_NAME with

* Running on startup
* Restarts
* Replication (the number of processes running)
* Memory
* Previous steps before starting

## Memory

If you run **a single process per container** you will have a more or less well-defined, stable, and limited amount of memory consumed by each of those containers (more than one if they are replicated).