gonzojive commented :
I modified backup.go to flush when accumulated key + value size exceeds 100 MB. I can send a pull request for this at some point.
Before backup.go modifications the process consumes memory until the OS kills it:
After:
(it’s basically flat at 21 GB)… but I didn’t manage to grab a screenshot because of Ubuntu/gnome flakiness.
When I set the threshold to 500MB instead of 100 MB, memory usage still causes a crash for some reason.