Is there a final cut x memory bleed?

Hi folks,
I've been using FCX on a 2010 Mac Pro 12 core w/ 32 GB Ram over the last year.
In January of this year, I bought a nMP 12 core w/ 16 GB Ram.  Both now on Yosemite and latest versions of FCX and Compressor.
The 2010 MP was on Mavericks previous to upgrade to Yosemite. New Machine was on Yosemite to start.
I typically edit analog SD footage and occasionally my own HD footage.
The 2010 MP used to sit around 16 GB of Ram being used while editing. Now it's chunking close to 29 GBs.
I don't use any fancy titles or anything. This is just basic scrolling through, cutting of footage out.
The nMP is using 15 of the 16 GBs Ram.
So both are slowly down significantly. Not cruising along as they should (or in the case of the 2010, how it used to run!).
Rebooting either will freshen things up.
I don't have background rendering on.
Editing to non-boot HDs etc..
permissions are repaired
The culprit is either Yosemite or FCX itself.
If this was a scientific study, the only difference is either Yosemite being installed or the latest versions of FCX and Compressor.
Either way, something isn't tickety boo and it's driving me nuts.
I saw this thread, but started a new one as that one is 5 pages long.
RAM usage / memory leak with FCPX?
Cheers,
Brian

If you run Activity Monitor, are you seeing anything (or very much) reported in Swaps Used?
As I recall the big change in memory management occurred with Mavericks. That's when we first started to hear about the benefits of compressed memory. The difference that many of us experienced is that Final Cut would use nearly all of the physical memory without any noticeable ht to performance.
However, there have been manny reports of the OS not releasing memory and associated slow-downs. Not sure whether it's the OS or the app's fault. But quitting and relaunching seems to straighten things out. I have also experienced instances when even quitting the app didn't free up the memory. In which case,the best remedy was sudo purge in Terminal.
Russ  

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