VM Using RAM Allocated, Even when not in the VM

[SmartyHosting]

Hello Everyone,

I am wondering why does proxmox use the ram allocated the VM, even if the VM isn't using it? and is there any way to stop this?

I use Windows Server 2019, Balooning is active and working, but in htop it shows the one VM using 32GB RAM when it's only really using 6GB, also I have turned RAM cache off in Windows.

Thanks

 

[mira]

Ballooning only starts when the host uses more than 80% of the memory. So as long as you're under this, there will be no ballooning in the guests.