Hi all,
I has the latest version on VB and have set up an 32bit Win Xp with 1gb ram.
Ive noticed on my host that the ram gradually gets eaten away. First time I noticed this my ram usages was around 7.5. Second attempt was 5gb.
Im just curious if this is an issue with the lastest version of VB?
Potential mem leak
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mpack
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Re: Potential mem leak
Not as far as I know. It's mainly a problem of people not knowing how disk cacheing works on their host.
p.s. I see that you still have an open topic. Did you solve it? If so, then please say so in that topic.
p.s. I see that you still have an open topic. Did you solve it? If so, then please say so in that topic.
Re: Potential mem leak
Would it be fair to assume then that the file cache takes up as much as it wants but allocates ram to programs where and when needed and its not a problem until Im getting "Out of mem" messages.
P.s. Sorry, completly forgot about that one. Just posted on it.
P.s. Sorry, completly forgot about that one. Just posted on it.
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mpack
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Re: Potential mem leak
Prior to Vista, Windows used a fixed amount of RAM for cache, apps took some more RAM, and the rest was wasted. Since Vista and Win7, Windows basically doesn't offload anything from memory, until something else wants the memory.
People think a VM has special powers, or magical effects on their host. It doesn't. VirtualBox is an ordinary host application, doing host OS calls and using RAM and files like any other app. All the normal rules apply, including how the host buffers file accesses. Since VirtualBox tends to use very large files, that can mean a lot of buffering - until something else wants the RAM.
People think a VM has special powers, or magical effects on their host. It doesn't. VirtualBox is an ordinary host application, doing host OS calls and using RAM and files like any other app. All the normal rules apply, including how the host buffers file accesses. Since VirtualBox tends to use very large files, that can mean a lot of buffering - until something else wants the RAM.