# Zulu Platform x64 Architecture using too much RAM **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition80\ **Created:** [May 24, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030 "2021-05-24T06:28:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk/32/24167_2.png) [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/1 "2021-05-24T06:28:09Z")
Hi, Even when my designer is closed, the Zulu Platform Architecture is launched and is taking a lot of memory. How can I deal with it? ![zulu](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/1/5109a9ed19d8bedde38bcc9140581c0da32c541e.png) Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![matthew.ayre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matthew.ayre/32/19499_2.png) [@matthew.ayre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matthew.ayre)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/2 "2021-05-24T07:13:00Z")
Hi @grzegorz.kaczmarczyk, do you also have your Gateway running on that machine? ---
**Author:** ![grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk/32/24167_2.png) [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/3 "2021-05-24T07:24:13Z")
Hi, The Gateway is also closed. The Zulu launches at the startup. ---
**Author:** ![matthew.ayre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matthew.ayre/32/19499_2.png) [@matthew.ayre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matthew.ayre)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/4 "2021-05-24T07:35:34Z")
The Gateway service is in the stopped state? ---
**Author:** ![grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk/32/24167_2.png) [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/5 "2021-05-24T07:49:10Z")
How can I check it? ---
**Author:** ![matthew.ayre](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/matthew.ayre/32/19499_2.png) [@matthew.ayre](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/matthew.ayre)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/6 "2021-05-24T07:55:30Z")
If you are using Windows you can run services.msc and it should be listed as the name ‘Ignition Gateway’. It will likely have a status of ‘Running’ or ‘Stopped’. The Gateway runs as a service so it is always available to run things like Historian, Alarming, etc. in the background. It is set to automatically start with your machine (by default). ---
**Author:** ![grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk/32/24167_2.png) [@grzegorz.kaczmarczyk](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/grzegorz.kaczmarczyk)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/7 "2021-05-24T08:05:17Z")
It works, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Willy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Willy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Willy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/8 "2021-07-20T04:39:48Z")
Hi @matthew.ayre I have the same problem @grzegorz.kaczmarczyk can you help me please. I already try de to it as you say but when I run services.msc but anything. ---
**Author:** ![jespinmartin1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jespinmartin1/32/57175_2.png) [@jespinmartin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jespinmartin1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/9 "2021-07-20T04:43:43Z")
kill the task ---
**Author:** ![Willy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Willy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Willy)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 4:46am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/10 "2021-07-20T04:46:49Z")
I also did it ---
**Author:** ![jespinmartin1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jespinmartin1/32/57175_2.png) [@jespinmartin1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jespinmartin1)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/11 "2021-07-20T05:02:53Z")
So the service is still running. Probably the service in not running under the name of “Ignition Gateway” Did you configure it with another name? ---
**Author:** ![ltoscano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@ltoscano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ltoscano)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/12 "2022-08-04T12:32:53Z")
So is Zulu Platform x64 the gateway service or something else? Mine is using up 3/4 of my ram. I don’t just want to kill the task if it’s going to take the gateway down with it as this is my main gateway. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/6/d/6d1a5573533329a76da42ae40675b079eebf5473.png) ---
**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/13 "2022-08-04T12:39:49Z")
If this is your gateway then yes, that is the JRE for your gateway. What does your memory trend look like on your gateway performance screen? Is this a production server? If yes then you need more physical memory on the server. If this is development, I would just leave it and deal with sluggish performance. ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/14 "2022-08-04T13:03:11Z")
If 2GB is 3/4 of your ram, then you don’t have near enough RAM to be running an Ignition gateway, and a database, and desktop software. ---
**Author:** ![ltoscano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@ltoscano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ltoscano)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/15 "2022-08-04T13:16:10Z")
Sorry - meant that to say 1/4 of my RAM but I still get the point. Here’s the performance screen and yes this is a production server. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/f/2/f29748f943bf0275ff7befac41c91a1b11d5ac8c.png) ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/16 "2022-08-04T13:47:43Z")
That looks like a perfectly normal performance trend. Note the java doesn’t return memory to the OS when it cleans up its heap. It is best for min and max in ignition.conf to be the same so java allocates it all up front. ---
**Author:** ![bschroeder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bschroeder/32/13260_2.png) [@bschroeder](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bschroeder)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 1:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/17 "2022-08-04T13:52:17Z")
Yep. I agree with @pturmel on this one. If you are starving the windows machine of memory, you need to look at adding memory to that machine or moving other applications off of it to alleviate the memory usage. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Fausset](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jonathan_fausset/32/54626_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Fausset](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jonathan_Fausset)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/18 "2023-11-14T19:37:08Z")
This is the only solution I have found that works. Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![L\_Grove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b38774/32.png) [@L\_Grove](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/L_Grove)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/19 "2024-01-29T17:45:34Z")
it will jump back 20 seconds later ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 4:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/zulu-platform-x64-architecture-using-too-much-ram/47030/20 "2025-02-14T16:43:46Z")
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