Setting the application memory usage limit

You can limit the amount of RAM that Kaspersky Endpoint Security uses when scanning files with the File Threat Protection component and when performing scan tasks of the ODS and ContainerScan types.

Limiting memory usage can be useful for systems with a large amount of RAM (more than 5 GB).

By default, the application may use up to 8192 MB of RAM. You can adjust the amount of RAM used by the application:

• In the policy, using the Memory usage limit for scan tasks (MB) setting.
• Locally on the device using the ScanMemoryLimit=<amount of memory in megabytes> setting in the kesl.ini configuration file.

If the specified value is less than 2 MB, the application uses the minimum value (2 MB). If the specified value is greater than the amount of RAM available on the device, the application uses up to 25% of the RAM. This value cannot be changed.

This setting limits only the amount of memory used when scanning files. That means that the total amount of memory required by the application can be more than the value of this setting.

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