u/KUSH-43

homelab VM slowly eating RAM over time

homelab VM slowly eating RAM over time

Hello guys, I'm encountering a rather annoying problem

here my setup

  • Mini PC i5-12400T running ESXi 8
  • Debian VM (12GB RAM, 4VCPU)
  • ~25 Docker containers (Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, Homarr, Grafana/InfluxDB, Nginx Proxy Manager, etc.)

Problem: After each reboot the VM starts at ~3-4GB RAM used. Over 10-15 days it slowly climbs to 10GB+ with 1.5GB swap usage, forcing a reboot.

What I've already done:

  • Set mem_limit on all containers
  • Replaced Byparr (Firefox headless, memory leak) with Flaresolverr
  • Nightly restart cron for leaky containers (Homarr, Duplicati)

Current workaround: Monthly scheduled reboot via cron.

Question: Is there a way to reclaim SUnreclaim Slab without rebooting? Is this a known overlay2/kernel 6.1 issue with many containers? do you have some suggestion ?

https://preview.redd.it/w4s4ih5i8b2h1.png?width=662&format=png&auto=webp&s=cadeda4a6e76f97bbafd58ecd5735676a5ca8cdc

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u/KUSH-43 — 2 days ago

SFP+ 10gb ethernet 10Gtek Module

Hello guys,

I don't know what's going on. I bought this module in January 2026 to connect my Synology NAS directly to my router over a 10Gb connection, everything was working great. Today I'm getting too many disconnections on my router. I tried changing the SFP port on the Cloud Gateway Fiber but the same thing happens. Do you think my SFP module is dying?

Everything is set to auto-negotiate speed/link i try to set 10gb speed same thing. I can see my SFP module is running at 81°C and 3.28V.

https://preview.redd.it/432kgyi1m50h1.png?width=1531&format=png&auto=webp&s=bcf4ffc79ccf2fd884463ba9e60d43fc427bfa4e

https://preview.redd.it/eyqmbvy4n50h1.png?width=1529&format=png&auto=webp&s=e5e9396666ef111b884cb26e4e300ac67450a6b0

I don't know what to do, should I buy an official SFP+ from Ubiquiti or a new one from 10Gtek?

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u/KUSH-43 — 13 days ago