Is 8 GB too little for Sequoia with OCLP?

I have installed Sequoia with OCLP on an 8 GB MacBook Pro 2010, which mostly works, but I am concerned about how memory hungry Sequoia seems to be. With no running applications, the system eats 3.5 GB when booting, and then it grows without me doing anything. After just a few minutes it hits 4 GB and keeps going to at least 4.5. That leaves little space for applications.

It also boots very slowly, despite using an SSD, and it is not entirely stable. I get spontaneous crashes.

Can I do something to make it better? Or should I reinstall, maybe with an older OS? Someone mentioned installing Monterey to get firmware updates. Is this correct, does it help? And how can I update firmware when Monterey is no longer available?

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