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  • Excessive Memory Usage After Purging All Kontakt Libraries

    • ram • vep7 server • purgpur
    lvbeethovenL
    lvbeethovenL

    Excessive Memory Usage After Purging All Kontakt Libraries

    Hello everyone,

    I’m experiencing a memory management issue with Vienna Ensemble Pro Server (VEP) and Kontakt. Here is my current setup:

    • VEP Server version 7.3.3725

    • Windows 10

    • Kontakt 8

    Issue:

    When I activate all 14 instances in VEP, RAM usage immediately jumps to 38 GB, even though all Kontakt libraries are purged and no samples are loaded. It seems like Kontakt or VEP is still loading something in the background.

    Questions:

    1️⃣ Is this normal behavior, or is it a known issue with VEP Server and/or Kontakt?
    2️⃣ Is there a way to force a complete memory flush for Kontakt or VEP Server?
    3️⃣ Have other users encountered this issue?

    Thanks in advance for your help!
  • Andreas8420A
    VSL Team
    Andreas8420A

    Hi! Quite normal, to be honest. Fourteen instances sound like quite an extensive template. Please note that each Kontakt patch (!) contributes to your RAM usage. This can range from a few MB to hundreds of MB, depending on the library, patches, scripts, etc., without a single sample loaded. In other words, this is to be expected, and if this is an extensive template, this number is unsurprising. Best, Andreas


    VSL Team | Product Specialist & Media Editing
  • lvbeethovenL
    lvbeethovenL

    Ok, thanks 😊