Slow Application Due to Memory Caching
Slow Application Due to Memory Caching
My mapping application uses about 1.5 Gb of memory when it is fully loaded. However, sometimes when it loads it bring the machine to a snail's pace for a couple of minutes (even the cursor won't move). Once the OS has sorted everything out the machine comes back to life.
After further investigation it seems on machines with 8 Gb or less of RAM the application can trigger a big increase in committed and cached RAM. It's like the old days of Windows 3.1 when caching memory to disk was common. I'd like to avoid this if at all possible.
So my question is, has anyone else encountered this and is there any way to minimize the effect?
Steve
My mapping application uses about 1.5 Gb of memory when it is fully loaded. However, sometimes when it loads it bring the machine to a snail's pace for a couple of minutes (even the cursor won't move). Once the OS has sorted everything out the machine comes back to life.
After further investigation it seems on machines with 8 Gb or less of RAM the application can trigger a big increase in committed and cached RAM. It's like the old days of Windows 3.1 when caching memory to disk was common. I'd like to avoid this if at all possible.
So my question is, has anyone else encountered this and is there any way to minimize the effect?
Steve
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