# Inconsistent memory usage of netdata across graphs

**URL:** <https://community.netdata.cloud/t/inconsistent-memory-usage-of-netdata-across-graphs/3249>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [August 31, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/inconsistent-memory-usage-of-netdata-across-graphs/3249 "2022-08-31T16:06:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mickaelperrin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/mickaelperrin/32/3049_2.png) [@mickaelperrin](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/mickaelperrin)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/inconsistent-memory-usage-of-netdata-across-graphs/3249/1 "2022-08-31T16:06:48Z")

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Hi,

I don’t uderstand why the memory usage by application is showing that netdata is using 40GB of ram instead of 2…

 ![CleanShot 2022-08-31 at 18.03.20@2x](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/2X/c/ceb05e889eebfb5b165839cf9cf431b5edf4b5e2.png)

 ![CleanShot 2022-08-31 at 18.04.41@2x](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/netdata2/original/2X/9/99ee3074498cef155cda607e77ba068318f7fdd5.jpeg)

Any idea of what’s going wrong ?

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Version: netdata -v netdata v1.36.0-56-ga6966ce18  
metrics: 5405  
Config

```auto
[global]
  run as user = netdata
  # some defaults to run netdata with least priority
  process scheduling policy = idle
  OOM score = 1000

[db]
  mode = dbengine
  # per second data collection
  update every = 1
  # enables Tier 1 and Tier 2, Tier 0 is always enabled in dbengine mode
  storage tiers = 3

  # Tier 0, per second data for a week
  dbengine multihost disk space MB = 1100
  dbengine page cache size MB = 1000
  # Tier 1, per minute data for a month
  dbengine tier 1 multihost disk space MB = 330
  # Tier 2, per hour data for a year
  dbengine tier 2 multihost disk space MB = 67

[directories]
  cache = /home/netdata/cache
  home = /home/netdata/home

[web]
  bind to = 127.0.0.1

[registry]
  enabled = no

[backend]
  enabled = no

[plugins]
  enable running new plugins = no
  check for new plugins every = 60

  charts.d = no
  ebpf.d = no
  go.d = no
  node.d = no
  python.d = no
  statsd.d = no

  apps = yes
  cgroups = no
  checks = yes
  diskspace = yes
  fping = no
  idlejitter = no
  proc = yes
  tc = no

```

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**Author:** ![mickaelperrin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/mickaelperrin/32/3049_2.png) [@mickaelperrin](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/mickaelperrin)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2022, 4:09pm UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/inconsistent-memory-usage-of-netdata-across-graphs/3249/2 "2022-08-31T16:09:17Z")

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I notice also that the labels of the graphs are wrong.

Second graph is not user group, but users.

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**Author:** ![ilyam8](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.netdata.cloud/ilyam8/32/134_2.png) [@ilyam8](https://community.netdata.cloud/u/ilyam8)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://community.netdata.cloud/t/inconsistent-memory-usage-of-netdata-across-graphs/3249/3 "2022-09-03T11:16:14Z")

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Hi, it looks like `sql` from User Groups falls into `netdata` from Users. You can check per group/user running processes using `ps`:

- per group: `ps -g netdata` / `ps -g sql`
- per user: `ps -u netdata` / `ps -u sql`

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> I notice also that the labels of the graphs are wrong.

Good catch, fixed in [13621](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/pull/13621). Thanks!