# Store & Forward Buffer cannot be emptied

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-forward-buffer-cannot-be-emptied/17823>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 24, 2018, 9:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-forward-buffer-cannot-be-emptied/17823 "2018-04-24T21:13:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 24, 2018, 9:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/store-forward-buffer-cannot-be-emptied/17823/4 "2018-04-24T21:47:47Z")

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> [@Ivan\_a](#):
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> Shall we put DB on a separate VM?

Highly recommended. And peruse the MySQL docs for tuning. As for Ignition, you need to edit ignition.conf to use an appropriate amount of memory, and I also suggest using G1GC. See [this thread](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-java-question-7-7-2/10402).

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