# Windows GUI node consume big amount of virtual memory **URL:** \ **Category:** troubleshooting\ **Tags:** windows-gui, memory-consumption, windows, hashstore\ **Created:** [September 11, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742 "2025-09-11T12:56:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vadim](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/vadim/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Vadim](https://forum.storj.io/u/Vadim)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/1 "2025-09-11T12:56:56Z")
I discovered that for some reason my server with 17 nodes converted to hashstore, nodes turn off several time a day without log entry why node is off. With grate help of littleskunk and Alexey we discovered that Error is Out of memory. So I started to monitor this stuff, and even when i have half of RAM free, nodes are steel go offline without log entry. My discovery that node allocate lot of virtual memory. ![Screenshot 2025-09-11 152031](https://storj-s3.bcdn.literatehosting.net/original/3X/1/8/18dc89ff8ff0f8214c7efd46415a56194c6d4acf.jpeg) looks like node directly not use this memory but it allocate it. windows usualy has 1.5x of virtual memory from amount of RAM. Now I allocated 64GB of Virtual memory nodes work stable for several hours. I have here 48GB ram and 17 nodes, All other server dont have this problem, because they all start from 64GB of RAM. Task manager show only how much RAM process is using, but if put in Powershell skript about to see how much realy memory is allocated ```auto foreach ($process in $processes) { $totalVM = $process.VirtualMemorySize64 / 1MB $usedVM = $process.WorkingSet64 / 1MB $remainingVM = $totalVM - $usedVM $process | Format-Table @{Label = "Process Name"; Expression = {$_.Name}}, @{Label = "Total VM(MB)"; Expression = {$totalVM}}, @{Label = "Used VM(MB)"; Expression = {$usedVM}}, @{Label = "Remaining VM(MB)"; Expression = {$remainingVM}} }`Preformatted text` type or paste code here ``` then we see other picture. Process Name Total VM(MB) Used VM(MB) Remaining VM(MB) * * * storagenode 5446.96484375 31.63671875 5415.328125 Does someone have any problem with big RAM consumption? Or node turn OFF without Error in log I migrated to Hashstore but not activated memtbl. interesting that on other server, where memtbl is active memory consumption is the same. ---
**Author:** ![nerdatwork](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/nerdatwork/32/1135_2.png) [@nerdatwork](https://forum.storj.io/u/nerdatwork)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 2:17pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/2 "2025-09-11T14:17:30Z")
> [@Vadim](#): > > All other server Which Windows operating system is it 10, 11, Server ? ---
**Author:** ![Vadim](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/vadim/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Vadim](https://forum.storj.io/u/Vadim)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/3 "2025-09-11T15:02:28Z")
I use windows 10 pro, on every server ---
**Author:** ![alpharabbit](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alpharabbit/32/1129_2.png) [@alpharabbit](https://forum.storj.io/u/alpharabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 4:11pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/4 "2025-09-11T16:11:11Z")
Windows Server 2022 looking very much the same… ```auto Process Name Total VM(MB) Used VM(MB) Remaining VM(MB) ------------ ------------ ----------- ---------------- storagenode 7976,3046875 1115,87890625 6860,42578125 Process Name Total VM(MB) Used VM(MB) Remaining VM(MB) ------------ ------------ ----------- ---------------- storagenode 8208,4296875 1062,70703125 7145,72265625 Process Name Total VM(MB) Used VM(MB) Remaining VM(MB) ------------ ------------ ----------- ---------------- storagenode 6432,0390625 319,40625 6112,6328125 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Vadim](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/vadim/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Vadim](https://forum.storj.io/u/Vadim)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/5 "2025-09-11T16:12:22Z")
do you use memtbl? or pure hashstore? ---
**Author:** ![alpharabbit](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alpharabbit/32/1129_2.png) [@alpharabbit](https://forum.storj.io/u/alpharabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/6 "2025-09-11T16:16:40Z")
My windows nodes using hashtbl. ---
**Author:** ![Vadim](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/vadim/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Vadim](https://forum.storj.io/u/Vadim)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/7 "2025-09-12T13:20:16Z")
After I allowed up to 80GB virtual RAM nodes working stable for more than 24h. ---
**Author:** ![alpharabbit](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alpharabbit/32/1129_2.png) [@alpharabbit](https://forum.storj.io/u/alpharabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/8 "2025-09-12T13:47:55Z")
On my windows servers “automatically manage paging file size” is checked. So I did not run into memory problems because OS did the adjustment automatically. ---
**Author:** ![HGPlays](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/hgplays/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@HGPlays](https://forum.storj.io/u/HGPlays)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/9 "2025-09-12T14:45:13Z")
My nodes dont use much - but on this server they are also very new nodes. ![image](https://storj-s3.bcdn.literatehosting.net/original/3X/e/c/ec7abbe162dc3be5835418b7f8455303d34d7bf5.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Vadim](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/vadim/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Vadim](https://forum.storj.io/u/Vadim)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/10 "2025-09-12T17:00:47Z")
my nodes show about same RAM consumption, but virtual memory is little bit other thing. ---
**Author:** ![EasyRhino](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/easyrhino/32/1133_2.png) [@EasyRhino](https://forum.storj.io/u/EasyRhino)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/11 "2025-09-12T20:10:47Z")
i wonder if changing the environment: - STORJ\_HASHSTORE\_MEMTBL\_MMAP=false (default) would make any difference. (in the title it’s for memtbl anyway so it may not) ---
**Author:** ![Toyoo](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/toyoo/32/1126_2.png) [@Toyoo](https://forum.storj.io/u/Toyoo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2025, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/12 "2025-09-12T21:03:05Z")
Not running Windows, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the difference comes from Linux automatic memory overcommit feature. Windows can’t do it as easily, and the outcome would then indeed be high memory usage on Windows. ---
**Author:** ![AiS1972](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/ais1972/32/60_2.png) [@AiS1972](https://forum.storj.io/u/AiS1972)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/13 "2025-09-13T21:12:56Z")
> [@Vadim](#): > > After I allowed up to 80GB virtual RAM nodes working stable for more than 24h. For example, if there are 100 nodes on the server, then you need to allocate 500 GB for the swap file? ---
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/14 "2025-09-14T05:41:37Z")
Or allow the OS to handle it automatically. ---
**Author:** ![Vadim](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/vadim/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Vadim](https://forum.storj.io/u/Vadim)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 6:48am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/15 "2025-09-14T06:48:09Z")
It was before handled by OS, it it not worked normaly. ---
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 6:49am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/16 "2025-09-14T06:49:17Z")
Interesting. Noted with thanks. ---
**Author:** ![AiS1972](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/ais1972/32/60_2.png) [@AiS1972](https://forum.storj.io/u/AiS1972)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 8:14am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/17 "2025-09-14T08:14:54Z")
Алексей! Не то что бы интересно, это скорее некомпетентность кодера, который такой код нацарапал, либо преднамерянное вредительство. У меня сервер годами стоял и работал, и тут купила баба порося.. Черт дернул начать миграцию в хешстор. ---
**Author:** ![Vadim](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/vadim/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@Vadim](https://forum.storj.io/u/Vadim)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/18 "2025-09-14T08:27:34Z")
au tebja mnogo nodov na 1 servere? ---
**Author:** ![AiS1972](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/ais1972/32/60_2.png) [@AiS1972](https://forum.storj.io/u/AiS1972)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 8:44am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/19 "2025-09-14T08:44:23Z")
Вадим, много. Буду 3-4 тб под своп делать. Intel SSD DC P4618 Series 6.4 tb - выделю на нем 3-4 тб. ---
**Author:** ![AiS1972](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/ais1972/32/60_2.png) [@AiS1972](https://forum.storj.io/u/AiS1972)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2025, 9:40am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/20 "2025-09-14T09:40:29Z")
> [@Vadim](#): > > After I allowed up to 80GB virtual RAM nodes working stable for more than 24h. ![изображение](https://storj-s3.bcdn.literatehosting.net/original/3X/0/4/04364df05ab012dc29ae6260017091f7f1b71d5b.png) [Next page](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742.md?page=2)