memory usage without ballooning

[obi3]

Hello everyone
This is the first time i have installed windows server on Proxmox and i am trying to figure out why memory consumption is not reported correctly.I have enabled ballooning and it works ok but if i disable it Proxmox doesn't show correct memory usage ( please check image ) . Also do i need any virtio drivers to report memory usage in windows if i don't use ballooning ?? Please suggest the preferred web site to download virtio driver for windows ( i tried the latest from here -> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-U...tual-machines-using-virtio-drivers/index.html )

 

[fabian]

windows just counts (used) memory differently..

 

[aaron]

Please keep in mind that enabling ballooning is needed to get detailed information on the memory usage inside the VM as it provides the communication channel between the VM and the host [0].

If you don't set the `minimum memory` lower than the `memory` you will not have ballooning.

[0] https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#qm_memory

 

[ShaunCro]

Please keep in mind that enabling ballooning is needed to get detailed information on the memory usage inside the VM as it provides the communication channel between the VM and the host [0].

If you don't set the `minimum memory` lower than the `memory` you will not have ballooning.

[0] https://pve.proxmox.com/pve-docs/pve-admin-guide.html#qm_memory

Thank you. This solved an Issue I have been having for a while now. Coming from a MS environment didn't think this would be required to clear ram, was just wanting to dedicate the ram to the box. But it would slowly creep up until it filled the ram and the VM would hang. This is a debian VM running HASS, the rest of my VM's are fine, just this one that would do it.