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TrueImage 2017 uses 100% of available RAM

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I recently purchased Acronis TrueImage 2017, and for the first week or so it seemed to run okay. It created the full backup, and it created incremental backups. 

Within the past few days though I've noticed it no longer seems to be operating correctly. It is running pretty much all the time now, takes a long time to shutdown, and is constantly using 100% of my available RAM (24GB!!). There is no reason for it to be taking up this much RAM. I restarted my computer, and when it booted back up it was still trying to use 100% of the RAM for whatever purpose.

I have now disabled all services and startup programs related to Acronis TrueImage, and my RAM usage is down to normal levels (~4-8GB used).

I should also mention that the RAM usage is related to Memory-Mapped files, and the files in question are ~20GB of temp files Acronis creates called DemonData.swapFile.dat~<tempname> in the C:\Windows\temp folder.

Edit: I assume this should only be happening when the backup process is actually running, which is why I never noticed it before. The backup runs at 4AM, and I'm usually at work until 6PM. Lately though, its as if the backup process is hung, because the RAM usage is still at 100% when I get home from work. Before, the backup usually completed around 6-7AM and my computer was perfectly fine when I got home. Still, utilizing literally all of the available memory is very annoying if you are actually using the machine.

If anyone knows of a solution to this problem, please let me know. 

Thanks!

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Matthew, welcome to these user forums.

What build version of ATIH 2017 do you have installed?  Build 8053 - Standard or Build 6206 - Premium / New Generation are the latest available builds.

I do not see any evidence of any files called DemonData.swapFile.dat... in my C:\Windows\Temp folder for my own systems, and have not seen any posts from other users reporting any similar files or high RAM usage.

Please download the MVP Log Viewer app and use this to take a look at the logs that Acronis create when backup tasks are executed - link in my signature below or can be found via KB 59335: Acronis True Image 2017: Community Tools

If the logs do not help show more reason for this issue, then I would recommend opening a Support Case directly with Acronis Support for this issue so they can verify why such a file is being created etc.

Matthew,

These Demon temp files have a history with True Image.  I had thought that the issues with them were things of the past, guess not in your case.

The files are created or I should say are likely created during file backups.  They are then supposed to be removed after the backup completes.  Your report seems to indicate that either these temp files are continuing to be created after backup finishes or the attempt to remove them is in a failed state causing excessive memory usage.

I recommend as Steve suggests to open a support ticket with Acronis for investigation.