id summary reporter owner description type status component version resolution keywords cc guest host 7978 guest uses all of hosts ram rexxxlo "i have ubuntu 10.10 as the host 4 gigs of ocz ram 6 core amd processor asrock 890 delux fx4 motherboard 7 hdd total one 32g ssd for the os and a slew of odd drives for the storage when running vb the guest slowly consumes all of my ram including the 1.3 gig swap drive xp 64 bit is the guest i have had it set for 3 cores and 1 gig of ram but after this issue started i tried to drop the ram allotted to 512 and 1 core but it still happens on the guest i am fully updated with all the security virus and spyware stuff enabled the guest is running 2 programs cisco vpn and DC++ no multimedia no 3d games no surfing no windows media player " task closed other VirtualBox 3.2.8 fixed ram usage Windows Linux