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I am running Ubuntu 20.04 64bit on oracle virtual machine. I am trying to run a physical simulation and I need a lot of RAM for that. I allocated the virtual machine 8GB RAM at the beginning (the host is windows 10 and has 16GB),but the VM didn't take more than 2GB. When I looke at windows, I see that the virtual machine takes 4GB of RAM. I tried to raise the allocated RAM to 11GB to make the simulation running, but the VM still doesn't take more than 2GB, even though the simulation is running and it "needs" this memory. If you guys could help me here that would be awesome. I want I know this question is asked often, but in most cases it is too hard me to understand exactly what I need to do. I am still a beginner so I would appreciate it if you guys could explain it to me like you would have explain it to your mother. A big thanks in advance.

This is the output I get from free:
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 11107920 2085716 7272136 61252 1750068 8672156
Swap: 2097148 0 2097148

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  • In the VM how much is given to the OS running in the VM?
    – David
    Oct 26, 2022 at 16:03
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    An often quoted rule for virtualization is to NEVER allocate more than 50% of the resources. Considering you have 16GB RAM total to which you need to deduct the system reserved and eventually a variable amount allocated VRAM if using integrated graphics, you'll soon find out you should allocate LESS than 8GB otherwise you're asking for trouble.
    – ChanganAuto
    Oct 26, 2022 at 16:05
  • @David are you talking about the "base memory" bar in VM -> setting -> system -> motherboard? if yes, than 11150MB
    – Arad
    Oct 26, 2022 at 16:08
  • @changanAuto The simulation doesn't need 8GB RAM. If I allocate to the VM 4GB and from those 4GB the simulation would use 2GB, I suppose it would work. But the VM doesn't use the memory I allocate to it... this is why I raised it more and more, but it doesn't change anything
    – Arad
    Oct 26, 2022 at 16:13
  • Any OS "uses" the RAM as it needs. The question is whether or not the amount of RAM you have set in the hypervisor is being recognized by the guest OS.
    – ChanganAuto
    Oct 26, 2022 at 16:15

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