VirtualBox using ALOT of memory

[X7JAY7X]

I am running one Win7 VM in VirtualBox v4.3.12. I have it setup to use 2GB of RAM. When I start the VM I can slowly see the RAM usage in the VirtualBox Web Admin page creep all the way up to 12GB before it seems to settle down. Is there a memory leak? I searched in Google and someone else said they saw something similar and had to turn off 3d acceleration in VirtualBox to fix it. Anyone have an issue with like this?

 

[X7JAY7X]

Anyone have any ideas?

 

[cyberjock]

No clue... you'd have to ask the Virtualbox support channels how to figure out 'what' is using the RAM and what it is used for.

 

[Robert Trevellyan]

I can slowly see the RAM usage in the VirtualBox Web Admin page creep all the way up to 12GB before it seems to settle down

Are you looking at this?

If so, I don't think that's telling you how much RAM your VirtualBox jail is using. I know mine isn't telling me how much RAM my VirtualBox jail is using. If I want to know that I just hit the Display System Processes button.