# Windows GUI node consume big amount of virtual memory

**URL:** <https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![elek](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/elek/32/9189_2.png) [@elek](https://forum.storj.io/u/elek)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/windows-gui-node-consume-big-amount-of-virtual-memory/30742/66 "2025-09-26T11:53:47Z")

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FYI: [https://review.dev.storj.tools/c/storj/storj/+/18760](https://review.dev.storj.tools/c/storj/storj/+/18760)

> this should reduce memory usage  
> on windows which uses a lot of memory per file  
> handle for some reason, while still having good  
> performance everywhere.

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