Wireshark · Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Memory vs Wireshark

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>]

Emilio Honorio de Melo wrote:
> Dear all,
>  
> Please, I need your help.
>  
> I've been using the wireshark to capture some data from a 3G network. 
> I've been face some problems regarding to RAM memory.
> Here it is the configuration set:
>  
> - 8GB RAM
> - Windows server 2008 64bit
> - HD West Digital Black 7200 RPM / 64MB Buffer / 2TB
> - Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 Base-T Adapter
>  
> I just can captures files of 200MB ~ 300MB large. More than this, I got 
> out of memory crash.
>  
> And when I process with Wireshark 32bit version (1.2.9), I can run with 
> no problem untill the Windows task manager point 3GB physical use of. If 
> I run the wireshark 64bit version (1.2.10), I got only 2GB...

It's interesting that the 64-bit version can only use 2 Gb of RAM. 
According to what's on http://wiki.wireshark.org/KnownBugs/OutOfMemory 
the 64-bit version should be able to use a lot more...

(I don't know enough about Windows to understand why that might be the 
case.)