Upgrade mac mini 2010 w 6GB RAM

presently mid 2010 mac mini upgraded to maverick. seems running low on memory.
planning to upgrade from the default 4GB (2x2GB) that comes with mini server version
do i have to upgrade both slots equally say 2x4GB (8GB), or can i upgrade 1x2GB and 1x4GB (6GB)
thnks

You can use different RAM sizes if you want, but I recommend you to use two modules of the same amount of RAM to take advantage of Dual Channel. You can buy more RAM at OWC or Crucial.
Note that OS X Mavericks manages RAM in a different way than older OS X versions, so in some cases it is "normal" that RAM usage is high

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