4.3.22 using a lot of memory?

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ScottB
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4.3.22 using a lot of memory?

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I am running 4.3.22 just downloaded and installed today. I noticed that it is using a lot of memory.

The host is windows 7, 8G of ram,

I have one guest set to 1024MB of memory, and virtualbox is currently using 1946MB of ram, and constantly climbing.

The guest is Unbuntu 14.04, updated as of today, and then I reinstalled the guest tools, and rebooted.

What can I do, or what might I be doing wrong that is causing virtualbox to keep going up in memory?

Thanks,

Scott
ScottB
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Re: 4.3.22 using a lot of memory?

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an update: Virtualbox used up to 5G of ram before I had to kill the guest and restart it.
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Re: 4.3.22 using a lot of memory?

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Re: 4.3.22 using a lot of memory?

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It might also helped if you searched for all previous discussions of this subject. The phenomenon is far from new.
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