Plex Media Server - RAM

Plex Media Server Desktops & Laptops
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Hello,

I am a very satisfied Plex user. But now I notice that the RAM often reaches its limit or does not recover if nobody uses the Plex.

Technical data:

  • Ubuntu server with 5 RAM
  • PlexServer current version

Can someone answer the following questions for me:

  • Why doesn’t the RAM go down again when the Plex is not used? (More RAM available)

  • often it happens after a lot of transcoding - should only be CPU job or what i miss here?

  • what can I do here or can you explain it?

Remark:
As soon as I stop and restart the service of Plex, there is immediately a lot of RAM available.

Thank you for your help.

Best regards

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RAM doesn’t go down because that’s how Linux and memory management work. It will shift from being used one way to another.

PMS itself allocates memory on demand. Once allocated, it remains allocated. This is done to prevent memory fragmentation and degrade system performance.

Points of info:

  • Please always state specific PMS version as there are almost always two versions ‘current’
  • Please also state which Linux distro and version as there are multiple versions supported for each distro.
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Thank you for the replay - here the additonal information:

Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

PMS Version: Version 1.13.6.5339

Exactly, I thought too, but the funny thing is that after a long non-use of the Plex the RAM does not recover.

Thank you for your help.

Best regards

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