kernel_task memory high?

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  1. sofasurfer, Sep 16, 2011

    sofasurfer macrumors member

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    I've been away for a few days and so powered off the iMac. When I powered back up the machine and was checking out Activity Monitor to see how bad my Flash memory usage was, I noticed that kernel_task memory is now 1.17GB and rising. I upgraded the memory in my machine to 16GB and so there is no real worry about running out of ram but I am surprised it has got that high. Is this normal for an iMac? There are no apps running apart from uTorrent and Chrome at the moment.

    The iMac is a new 2011 model with an SSD installed.
     
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  2. The-Pro, Sep 16, 2011

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    Absolutely normal. You system will use more RAM for the Kernel Tasks when more is available. It does this so that your system runs as smooth as possible.
     
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  3. sofasurfer, Sep 16, 2011

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    Thanks for that. It has put my mind at rest.
     
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