[dba-Tech] Edge

[Susan Harkins]

That's what I'm going to do. I have keys sticking too -- just time. 

Susan H. 


I've got 8 gig.  I could add more 4-8, but the machine is also getting a little flaky - freezing and spontaneous reboots couple times a week.  So I'm thinking maybe a new box.

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020 at 8:04 AM Gustav Brock via dba-Tech < dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:

> Hi Rocky
>
> It's caching, I guess. Open two or three heavy sites (newspapers), and 
> you quickly pass 500MB in RAM usage.
> Also, a lot of subprocessing can be active: Profile handling, add-ins 
> (ad-blocker), PDF rendering, etc.).
>
> It is one of the reasons why a machine with a lot of RAM is 
> experienced as "faster" by the user.
>
> /gustav
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: dba-Tech <dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com> På vegne af 
> Rocky Smolin
> Sendt: 24. november 2020 16:50
> Til: List <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
> Emne: [dba-Tech] Edge
>
> Dear List:
>
> I'm switching over to Microsoft Edge because Firefox always seems to 
> have multiple instances of itself open as seen in the Task Manager.  
> Even when there's only one tab open there are multiple instances.  
> With several tabs, the memory required often exceeds a GB.
>
> The same thing I see now in Edge. I have one tab open - GMail - and 
> there is an (11) after Microsoft Edge in the task manager.  And it's 
> taking > 600MB of memory.
>
> Additionally, the RAM usage seems to grow and not shrink as more tabs 
> are opened and closed.  Why the bloat? Bad garbage collection?
>
> I'm curious to know what those multiple instances of Edge and Firefox 
> are doing, but more interested in if there is a way to reduce the 
> resource usage on either of those browsers.
>
> MMTIA
>
> Rocky
>
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