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title: High memory consumption for the Pixie integration
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/kubernetes-pixie/auto-telemetry-pixie/troubleshooting/high-memory-consumption
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## Problem

You have completed the [installation procedure](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/kubernetes-pixie/auto-telemetry-pixie/install-auto-telemetry-pixie) for New Relic's Pixie integration and would like to reduce the amount of memory that Pixie uses.

## Solution

Pixie [uses memory for two different purposes](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/kubernetes-pixie/auto-telemetry-pixie/advanced-configuration/manage-pixie-memory#memory-usage): collecting telemetry data and short-term in-cluster storage of this data. If you’d like to specify a different amount of memory for short-term storage, you can [configure the short-term storage memory limit](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/kubernetes-pixie/auto-telemetry-pixie/advanced-configuration/manage-pixie-memory#reduce-data-storage) during installation.