[SOLVED] VMWare WorkStation Pro 16 and EVE-NG Memory Utilization does not go down even if nodes on EVE-NG are not running ?

[lekom66828]

I am using VMware Workstation 16 Pro for running EVE-NG. The problem I face is that when I run any node (like Switch or Router or any other device) then the Memory utilization on my Laptop goes up as usual, but when I stop all the nodes inside EVE-NG , the Memory Utilization on my Laptop still does not come down , until and unless I completely shutdown the EVE-NG VM from VMWare. Any Ideas on why this behavior is happening? Please suggest any fixes if possible.

My laptop has:

CPU:- Ryzen 5 5600H (6 core 12 Thread)
RAM:- 8GB DDR4 3200MHz

 

[jeremyj_83]

I am using VMware Workstation 16 Pro for running EVE-NG. The problem I face is that when I run any node (like Switch or Router or any other device) then the Memory utilization on my Laptop goes up as usual, but when I stop all the nodes inside EVE-NG , the Memory Utilization on my Laptop still does not come down , until and unless I completely shutdown the EVE-NG VM from VMWare. Any Ideas on why this behavior is happening? Please suggest any fixes if possible.

My laptop has:

CPU:- Ryzen 5 5600H (6 core 12 Thread)
RAM:- 8GB DDR4 3200MHz

VMware Workstation is a type 2 hypervisor. What that means is it is run on top of the OS and not on "bare metal." When a VM is running on a type 2 hypervisor, all allocated RAM to the VM must be taken from the host pool right away and isn't returned to the host pool until the VM is shutdown. There is no form of RAM sharing between host and other VMs on a type 2 as you would see on a type 1. Same as there isn't anything like memory compression or ballooning. Running Win 10 and Workstation Pro on only 8GB RAM isn't the best idea as you can easily run out of RAM on the host portion which will cause a lot of page swapping or blue screen of death if you try to use 8GB RAM for VMs and you only have 8GB RAM on the host system. Realistically you want at least 16GB RAM for your laptop if you want to use it with VMware Workstation.