diff --git a/scripts/install-k8s.sh b/scripts/install-k8s.sh
index ce36343..4b99de9 100755
--- a/scripts/install-k8s.sh
+++ b/scripts/install-k8s.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #    HOST_DATA_DIR=~/.tracebloc  default: ~/.tracebloc
 #    CLIENT_ENV=dev              optional; if not set, CLIENT_ENV is not added to env in values
 #    TRACEBLOC_SKIP_REBOOT_PROMPT=1 (Linux) skip "Reboot now?" after NVIDIA driver install
+#    TRACEBLOC_TRAINING_RESOURCES="cpu=4,memory=16Gi"  CPU/RAM each training run
+#                                may use (default cpu=2,memory=8Gi; sets requests==limits)
 # =============================================================================
 
 set -euo pipefail
diff --git a/scripts/lib/install-client-helm.sh b/scripts/lib/install-client-helm.sh
index 4a36d1f..efcca11 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/install-client-helm.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib/install-client-helm.sh
@@ -518,8 +518,11 @@ install_client_helm() {
 
 env:
 $([ -n "${CLIENT_ENV:-}" ] && printf '  CLIENT_ENV: "%s"\n' "$CLIENT_ENV")${proxy_env_yaml}
-  RESOURCE_LIMITS: "cpu=2,memory=8Gi"
-  RESOURCE_REQUESTS: "cpu=2,memory=8Gi"
+  # Training size: how much CPU/RAM each training run gets. One knob sets
+  # requests == limits (Guaranteed QoS; client-runtime keeps them in lockstep).
+  # Set at install time with TRACEBLOC_TRAINING_RESOURCES="cpu=4,memory=16Gi".
+  RESOURCE_LIMITS: "${TRACEBLOC_TRAINING_RESOURCES:-cpu=2,memory=8Gi}"
+  RESOURCE_REQUESTS: "${TRACEBLOC_TRAINING_RESOURCES:-cpu=2,memory=8Gi}"
   GPU_LIMITS: "$gpu_val"
   GPU_REQUESTS: "$gpu_val"
   RUNTIME_CLASS_NAME: ""
diff --git a/scripts/manifest.sha256 b/scripts/manifest.sha256
index f2b4ac9..7a766dd 100644
--- a/scripts/manifest.sha256
+++ b/scripts/manifest.sha256
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-b946562948a7e6581147ec5a661456d841872464dd49df924236ac7825db70d9  scripts/install-k8s.sh
+42995d6a5085e650e9a7ed88dda3d4b34f412d1e8b721e8e35bef571fdb2213e  scripts/install-k8s.sh
 dd0d6c1a533cc30a63524d1cd5796009e70be055c30ec9022d2267dee7be29c5  scripts/lib/common.sh
 a370fc0c170f34f21d36d67e5434443b4ac8c671fba259826878b9840838b9c4  scripts/lib/preflight.sh
 19be2771df0e1a41b4fa9678e1cf6a77492304f66f73cf705a2ae42b1dac2ba3  scripts/lib/detect-gpu.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ fd8d37d698c242ab081095625aa430bb91971db646e35393a02bbadd41325898  scripts/lib/gp
 2e64a2c47bdd14c861f8b5e86b06d1dfe4eb349ea6f76d9d22ecf3bb1ec12e04  scripts/lib/setup-linux.sh
 dd2e1f517b0f6bb665eacebfb7885c6a81443f69c2ebc772433a6baed53c7a8e  scripts/lib/cluster.sh
 5de1afac8b1062a7f8d0691b46ad39ccdc2287e0e422b53c48628ecfd47d852e  scripts/lib/gpu-plugins.sh
-ae327ea8530930cce34d18d4001b5321bb6615d24060eebc81004f6e2fd7e1f5  scripts/lib/install-client-helm.sh
+8c2a6c20e7384280690bc0bc0fda72aa7ab0628624280c49f676465e1fc96f94  scripts/lib/install-client-helm.sh
 f890cc3917b09b4b779fcd1a53b902370cb291488a7905f9d710daa871a9eb72  scripts/lib/install-cli.sh
 fac5860148ccd199fca2f17042227a33046c3f18df23edf8a67a232d07d2cda3  scripts/lib/provision.sh
 7c5ca5fc1b3f3d5b2b699811da603b40b8879b317b1c756b8ed15da104192828  scripts/lib/summary.sh
diff --git a/scripts/tests/install-client-helm.bats b/scripts/tests/install-client-helm.bats
index 1b42342..1fa106d 100644
--- a/scripts/tests/install-client-helm.bats
+++ b/scripts/tests/install-client-helm.bats
@@ -588,3 +588,31 @@ setup() {
   [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
   ! grep -q 'HTTP_PROXY_HOST' "$HOST_DATA_DIR/values.yaml"
 }
+
+@test "install_client_helm: TRACEBLOC_TRAINING_RESOURCES overrides the training size in generated values" {
+  HOST_DATA_DIR="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/data"; mkdir -p "$HOST_DATA_DIR"
+  _ensure_tracebloc_dirs() { :; }
+  _ensure_release_dirs() { :; }
+  _ensure_helm_runnable() { :; }
+  helm() { record "helm $*"; return 0; }
+  verify_credentials() { printf valid; }
+  export TRACEBLOC_TRAINING_RESOURCES="cpu=4,memory=16Gi"
+  run install_client_helm <<< $'myid\nmypw'
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  grep -q 'RESOURCE_LIMITS: "cpu=4,memory=16Gi"' "$HOST_DATA_DIR/values.yaml"
+  grep -q 'RESOURCE_REQUESTS: "cpu=4,memory=16Gi"' "$HOST_DATA_DIR/values.yaml"
+}
+
+@test "install_client_helm: default training size stays cpu=2,memory=8Gi" {
+  HOST_DATA_DIR="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/data"; mkdir -p "$HOST_DATA_DIR"
+  _ensure_tracebloc_dirs() { :; }
+  _ensure_release_dirs() { :; }
+  _ensure_helm_runnable() { :; }
+  helm() { record "helm $*"; return 0; }
+  verify_credentials() { printf valid; }
+  unset TRACEBLOC_TRAINING_RESOURCES
+  run install_client_helm <<< $'myid\nmypw'
+  [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+  grep -q 'RESOURCE_LIMITS: "cpu=2,memory=8Gi"' "$HOST_DATA_DIR/values.yaml"
+  grep -q 'RESOURCE_REQUESTS: "cpu=2,memory=8Gi"' "$HOST_DATA_DIR/values.yaml"
+}