diff --git a/charts/restate-helm/README.md b/charts/restate-helm/README.md
index 1d58d1c316..090f15eced 100644
--- a/charts/restate-helm/README.md
+++ b/charts/restate-helm/README.md
@@ -8,8 +8,26 @@ Helm chart for Restate as a single-node StatefulSet.
 helm install restate oci://ghcr.io/restatedev/restate-helm --namespace restate --create-namespace
 ```
 
+# Resources
+Restate's performance is strongly influenced by the CPU and memory available. You can vary the resources in your values file.
+The defaults are:
+
+```yaml
+resources:
+  limits:
+    cpu: 6
+    memory: 8Gi
+  requests:
+    cpu: 4
+    memory: 8Gi
+```
+
+The environment variable `RESTATE_ROCKSDB_TOTAL_MEMORY_SIZE` should be set such that it is roughly 75% of the memory available.
+In the default helm values, this variable is set to `6Gi`.
+Under load, Restate will eventually use the entire RocksDB memory size offered to it.
+
 # Running a replicated cluster
-You can find example values for a 3-node replicated cluster in [replicated-values.yaml](./replicated-values.yaml). 
+You can find example values for a 3-node replicated cluster in [replicated-values.yaml](./replicated-values.yaml).
 Please ensure you use a version of that file (based on the git tag of the repo) which matches the version of the helm chart you are deploying.
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/charts/restate-helm/values.yaml b/charts/restate-helm/values.yaml
index b993339cbc..81f1ed7c26 100644
--- a/charts/restate-helm/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/restate-helm/values.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ env:
     value: json
   - name: RESTATE_CLUSTER_NAME
     value: helm-single-node
+  - name: RESTATE_ROCKSDB_TOTAL_MEMORY_SIZE
+    # This value should be around 75% of the container memory limit, which defaults to 8Gi below.
+    # If provisioning restate with a different memory limit, make sure to update this value
+    value: 6Gi
 
 service:
   type: ClusterIP
@@ -46,11 +50,12 @@ service:
 
 resources:
   limits:
-    cpu: 1
-    memory: 3Gi
+    cpu: 6
+    # note the comment above re 'RESTATE_ROCKSDB_TOTAL_MEMORY_SIZE'
+    memory: 8Gi
   requests:
-    cpu: 500m
-    memory: 1Gi
+    cpu: 4
+    memory: 8Gi
 
 storage:
   # If provided the volume will be mounted with the specified claim
@@ -87,4 +92,4 @@ topologySpreadConstraints:
 # podDisruptionBudget:
 #   maxUnavailable: 1
 
-nodeSelector: {}
\ No newline at end of file
+nodeSelector: {}