# RAM Limits WS vs Slave

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/ram-limits-ws-vs-slave/56187>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 1, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ram-limits-ws-vs-slave/56187 "2015-12-01T14:57:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Morne](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/morne/32/11335_2.png) [@Morne](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Morne)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ram-limits-ws-vs-slave/56187/1 "2015-12-01T14:57:47Z")

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Hi all

In terms of ram, if my main WS has 32GB and I set my dynamic ram to 28GB, will my slaves participate if they only have 16GB?

Also, same scenario, but what if I check the RAM usage on my main pc and during render it’s using 24GB, will the slaves with the 16GB manage by just loading unloading etc?  
(no discplacement, just general rendering)

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**Author:** ![Morbid\_Angel](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/morbid_angel/32/21272_2.png) [@Morbid\_Angel](https://forums.chaos.com/u/Morbid_Angel)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ram-limits-ws-vs-slave/56187/2 "2015-12-01T23:03:53Z")

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I believe you can enter -2000 in the ram field and it will use whatever ram of the slave -2000 mb specified.

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**Author:** ![svetlozar.draganov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/svetlozar.draganov/32/53004_2.png) [@svetlozar.draganov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/svetlozar.draganov)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 12:10pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ram-limits-ws-vs-slave/56187/3 "2015-12-02T12:10:44Z")

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I believe we have already discussed that matter into the following thread:  
[http://forums.chaosgroup.com/showthread.php?80106-Dynamic-Ram-issue-negative-not-working&highlight=dynamic+memory](http://forums.chaosgroup.com/showthread.php?80106-Dynamic-Ram-issue-negative-not-working&highlight=dynamic+memory)

> [@32 Bit Workflow](https://forums.chaos.com/t/32-bit-workflow/49311/3):
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> In terms of ram, if my main WS has 32GB and I set my dynamic ram to 28GB, will my slaves participate if they only have 16GB?

Yes they will participate for sure but depending on the memory usage during the rendering they might crash or their performance might drop a lot because of constant memory swapping.

> [@32 Bit Workflow](https://forums.chaos.com/t/32-bit-workflow/49311/3):
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> Hi all
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> Also, same scenario, but what if I check the RAM usage on my main pc and during render it’s using 24GB, will the slaves with the 16GB manage by just loading unloading etc?  
> (no discplacement, just general rendering)

Dynamical memory Loading/Unloading is applicable only for the dynamic geometries like displacement, proxies etc.  
Scenes without dynamic geometries will not benefit from that feature and they will most likely to crash once memory is filled up.

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**Author:** ![flino2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/13edae/32.png) [@flino2004](https://forums.chaos.com/u/flino2004)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/ram-limits-ws-vs-slave/56187/4 "2015-12-02T21:23:07Z")

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I always use zero and I’m assuming that all the computers take the maximum ram possible