Thread: Why do Calibre uses RAM too much?
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Old 04-12-2011, 06:42 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by butterbescotch View Post
Why do Calibre uses a large amount of RAM (even if it is not doing any job)?
Overhead. 80 MB for the main GUI isn't bad. 20 MB per worker process calibre keeps ready for any work that needs to be done.

If you want calibre to have less worker processes: Preferences, Miscellaneous and change the number of worker process number.
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