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LadyKate · 11-11-2016, 06:40 PM

I'm trying to see how much the size of the library affects the memory usage.

My larger library is currently using somewhere between 1.7gig and 2.4gig of ram. It was seeing the 2.4 gig of ram in use when Calibre was just sitting open that made me curious about what determines how much memory is used. I had been doing maintenance earlier so there was currently no editing, additions, conversions being done. The net sharing was setup so my housemates could access the net sharing if they wanted but no one was accessing it (does the net sharing use a lot of ram?).

This made me kind of curious about much ram calibre used.
Also, is it the size on the disk or the number of entries?

Will reducing the number of custom columns significantly reduce the memory usage in a 200,000 title library? if most of a custom column is blank is it still using memory if this is the case?

I did look in the help manual but didn't see anything about memory usage.

11-11-2016, 06:40 PM	#1
LadyKate Fanatic Posts: 515 Karma: 1470724 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Quebec CA Device: android 4 (samsung tablet and asus tablet)	A few questions about how size of library impacts memory usage I'm trying to see how much the size of the library affects the memory usage. My larger library is currently using somewhere between 1.7gig and 2.4gig of ram. It was seeing the 2.4 gig of ram in use when Calibre was just sitting open that made me curious about what determines how much memory is used. I had been doing maintenance earlier so there was currently no editing, additions, conversions being done. The net sharing was setup so my housemates could access the net sharing if they wanted but no one was accessing it (does the net sharing use a lot of ram?). This made me kind of curious about much ram calibre used. Also, is it the size on the disk or the number of entries? Will reducing the number of custom columns significantly reduce the memory usage in a 200,000 title library? if most of a custom column is blank is it still using memory if this is the case? I did look in the help manual but didn't see anything about memory usage.