diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 61b9d06..c32fe73 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     memcached:
       server:
         enabled: true
-        cache_size: 64
+        cache_size: 256
         slabsize: 1m
         bind:
           address: 0.0.0.0
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     memcached:
       server:
         enabled: true
-        cache_size: 64
+        cache_size: 256
         slabsize: 2m
         threads: 1
         bind:
diff --git a/memcached/files/memcached.conf b/memcached/files/memcached.conf
index 5023723..3959e58 100644
--- a/memcached/files/memcached.conf
+++ b/memcached/files/memcached.conf
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Be even more verbose (print client commands as well)
 # -vv
 
-# Start with a cap of 64 megs of memory. It's reasonable, and the daemon default
+# Start with a cap of 256 megs of memory. It's reasonable, and the daemon default
 # Note that the daemon will grow to this size, but does not start out holding this much memory
 -m {{ server.cache_size }}
 
diff --git a/memcached/map.jinja b/memcached/map.jinja
index 661eeaf..52bca32 100644
--- a/memcached/map.jinja
+++ b/memcached/map.jinja
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         'service': 'memcached',
         'config': '/etc/memcached.conf',
         'config_template': 'salt://memcached/files/memcached.conf',
-        'cache_size': 64,
+        'cache_size': 256,
         'incomming_connections': 8192,
         'threads': 1,
         'slabsize': '1m',
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         'service': 'memcached',
         'config': '/etc/sysconfig/memcached',
         'config_template': 'salt://memcached/files/memcached',
-        'cache_size': 64,
+        'cache_size': 256,
         'incomming_connections': 8192,
         'threads': 1,
         'slabsize': '1m',
diff --git a/tests/pillar/server.sls b/tests/pillar/server.sls
index 2bb65aa..be5c81d 100644
--- a/tests/pillar/server.sls
+++ b/tests/pillar/server.sls
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 memcached:
   server:
     enabled: true
-    cache_size: 64
+    cache_size: 256
     slabsize: 2m
     threads: 1
     bind: