Once designating a select amount of RAM to Virtual Box once closed all of that RAM will be reallocated to my host OS, right? Where do I go to confirm all RAM is properly available for use again on my main OS upon closing Virtual Box?
its.. automatic. its not like you run virtualbox and its a black hole that just eats memory. when you close an app the os relcaims the app memory.
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wrote:its.. automatic. its not like you run virtualbox and its a black hole that just eats memory. when you close an app the os relcaims the app memory.
I've heard of sometimes having to manually designate it back with a Mac because it didn't automatically like it was suppose to.. so maybe this is just a Mac issue.
You worry too much I think, but in any case you can always just restart...
wrote:You worry too much I think, but in any case you can always just restart...
Yes I do unfortunately. Lol True.
wrote:I've heard of sometimes having to manually designate it back with a Mac because it didn't automatically like it was suppose to.. so maybe this is just a Mac issue.
OS X should reclaim RAM as the associated processes are killed and reaped. Not doing so would constitute a fundamental bug in the operating system.
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wrote:wrote:I've heard of sometimes having to manually designate it back with a Mac because it didn't automatically like it was suppose to.. so maybe this is just a Mac issue.
OS X should reclaim RAM as the associated processes are killed and reaped. Not doing so would constitute a fundamental bug in the operating system.
Thank you. In order to check if it is would I go to usage or something?
This should probably be in PC Emulation, not Windows. PC Emulation
It's automatic and there is no way to check as the process using the RAM is no longer running. Modern OS do not have problems with this. Don't worry until you actually run into problems.
If you really worry, ask in the forums of VirtalBox.
wrote:This should probably be in PC Emulation, not Windows. PC Emulation
Whoops you're right, sorry.
wrote:It's automatic and there is no way to check as the process using the RAM is no longer running. Modern OS do not have problems with this. Don't worry until you actually run into problems.
If you really worry, ask in the forums of VirtalBox.
Ah gotcha thanks so much.
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If the VBox process is still around, there will still be memory allocated to it. You'll be able to see that in your choice of process viewer. It's the job of the memory management subsystem to reclaim memory from the process as it's relinquished which includes the process being killed and torn down. This is a highly stable and reliable function in modern operating systems. As you can imagine, a kernel memory leak would be very bad news, so it has to be properly written and heavily tested.
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wrote:If the VBox process is still around, there will still be memory allocated to it. You'll be able to see that in your choice of process viewer. It's the job of the memory management subsystem to reclaim memory from the process as it's relinquished which includes the process being killed and torn down. This is a highly stable and reliable function in modern operating systems. As you can imagine, a kernel memory leak would be very bad news, so it has to be properly written and heavily tested.
Thank you so very very much for explaining this in depth to me.
