Using all 32 GB of RAM?

Hello!
A friend of mine has bought a dual 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro and expanded it to 32 GB of RAM.
Whatever the reason: After a few days of work he has to reboot the machine because all memory being used and frequent activity on the HDD. My point was that it´s good that Mac OS 10.5.8 uses all available RAM, but he says he has to restart the machine because of some 2 MB large disk writes/reads every now and then. Any thought about what´s happening? Is this normal after a few days of work?
Regards

I remember reading something on the Developer site after I got my 2008 Mac Pro that the Buffered ram actually slows down the mac based on the configuration of the ram, ram type, make, mix and matching different sized pairs, ect. If I remember right, VRam doesn't used the physical ram, it uses the Hard Drive in a hidden folder named Temp. Did he do a PRam reset recently?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/26871.html
PRam stores many settings and after a wile it needs to be reset so that the old settings can be replaced.
Its been my experience that after a lot of hours of video work, and other terrible things I do to this mac, the PRam needs to be reset and I force the periodic daily weekly monthly scripts to run in terminal. I also periodically unplug it to reset the power management. I ran Parallels for a little bit but I didn't like how it allocated memory and CPU usage. I switched to VMware and my Macs been happier.

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Mac mini (Mid 2010) (Verified)
Mac mini - model: Macmini4,1
1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2-core
16 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
8 GB DDR3 1067 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce 320M - VRAM: 256 MB
T27B350 spdisplays_1080p
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.9.5 (13F34) - Uptime: 17:45:0
Disk Information: ℹ️
TOSHIBA MK3255GSXF disk0 : (320.07 GB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 319.21 GB (172.71 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
HL-DT-STDVDRW GA32N
USB Information: ℹ️
Western Digital My Book 1144 3 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Extra Backup Space (disk2s2) /Volumes/Extra Backup Space : 3.00 TB (2.88 TB free)
Western Digital My Book 1110 999.5 GB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
iTunes Library (disk3s2) /Volumes/iTunes Library : 999.16 GB (865.35 GB free)
Logitech USB Optical Mouse
Apple, Inc. Keyboard Hub
Apple, Inc Apple Keyboard
Western Digital My Book 1144 3 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Carbon Copy Cloner (disk1s2) /Volumes/Carbon Copy Cloner : 3.00 TB (2.62 TB free)
Recovery HD (disk1s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
Firewire Information: ℹ️
WD My Book 111D 800mbit - 800mbit max
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk5s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
My Book TIME MACHINE (disk5s2) /Volumes/My Book TIME MACHINE : 3.00 TB (1.83 TB free)
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Volumes/My Book TIME MACHINE/Extras/WD +TURBO Installer 64.app
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394_64HP (1.0.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB_64HP (1.0.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
/Volumes/My Book TIME MACHINE/Extras/WD +TURBO Installer.app
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.9) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.11) Support
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.softwareupdated.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[running] com.backblaze.bzserv.plist Support
[loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist Support
[running] com.bombich.ccc.scheduledtask.634C7FF4-41C6-4F77-AD49-6BE882A34414.plist Support
[loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
[loaded] jp.co.canon.MasterInstaller.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.amazon.music.plist Support
[running] com.backblaze.bzbmenu.plist Support
[running] com.bombich.ccc-user-agent.plist Support
[invalid?] com.coppertino.VoxHelper.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Canon Utilities/IJ Network Scanner Selector EX/Canon IJ Network Scanner Selector EX.app)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
IxquickPlugin: Version: 1.0 Support
SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.4.6 - SDK 10.6 Support
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.30514.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions: ℹ️
1Password
AdBlock
Ixquick HTTPS
Awesome Screenshot
Ghostery
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Backblaze Backup Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
iTunes Library: Disk size: 999.16 GB Disk used: 133.80 GB
Destinations:
My Book [Local]
Total size: 3.00 TB
Total number of backups: 114
Oldest backup: 2012-11-28 00:55:31 +0000
Last backup: 2014-11-23 10:24:39 +0000
Size of backup disk: Excellent
Backup size 3.00 TB > (Disk size 999.16 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      10% WindowServer
      8% mds
      0% OneDrive
      0% fontd
      0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
344 MB Safari
223 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
120 MB mds_stores
69 MB Finder
69 MB com.apple.IconServicesAgent
Virtual Memory Information: ℹ️
4.23 GB Free RAM
1.88 GB Active RAM
9.53 GB Inactive RAM
1.26 GB Wired RAM
1.87 GB Page-ins
6 MB Page-outs

I Thought that ram memory cycling from 12 to 0 gigs or so was and is a problem in and of itself. As you've explained and demonstrated it's not. But this scenario that is now playing out has never happened since I've had this Mac Mini. Again many thanks.
SO if I may ask one other question separate from the above.
In updating to Yosemite would you recommend a clean install or just upgrading? I've not done a clean install since purchasing the Mini but I was thinking since I'm having issues with the system hanging and spinning icons perhaps performing a wipe is warranted. If so, I understand I can not just format and download Yosemite but I must reinstall Snow Leopard then update to Yosemite. Is this correct? Since I've upgraded the ram from 4 gigs to 8 and earlier this year to 16 gigs, will Snow Leopard recognize 16 gigs of ram?
Any thoughts are greatly appreciated.

Finder using all of my available RAM

Right after a fresh install of Mac OS X Server on the Mac Mini, my Finder already had this problem. It was fine at first, but if I left it open for a while, it would chew up all of my RAM in about 2 days. I installed every software update after that, and the problem is not fixed. It used 3 GB yesterday because I accidentally left it open. Currently, I've been leaving it closed and using AFP to move files. Is this a common issue with a fix?
P.S. I'm not going to reinstall the OS. Finder isn't worth enough for me to do that again, especially because the Mini does not have a DVD drive.

When you say "left it open" are you referring to a finder window? Closing the window does not close finder.
Make sure you have ample freespace on your hard drive
running permission checks and hard drive tests (using Disk Utility) might help.
You can also put the system in target disk mode and boot off of it from another machine, in case there is some hardware issue. this will rule most things out except the hard drive.
I also use onyx and other utilities found at http://www.titanium.free.fr/ to help clean up caches and tweaks to osx. use at your own risk.
if this has not resolved the problem, then you may be a victim of a corrupt spotlight index.
I had an issue not quite like this but close enough to offer as a possible solution.
Here's how you fix a corrupt spotlight index:
1. Open system preferences
2. open spotlight (top right)
3. click on privacy tab
4. click and drag your hard drive into the window (if you have more than one, perform this one at a time.)
you will leave this in here for at least 10 minutes. no less. (seems hokey but osx does stuff behind the scene ie removing existing index)
after your 10 mins at least is up, go back in and remove your HD from the privacy tab, and osx should start rebuilding a new index.
repeat for any additional drives you may have. I would also close out of system preferences while you are waiting your 10 minutes.
HTH

System expanding to use all RAM when idle

Just had my Mac Book at the Apple Store for tests because the fan was running a lot & computer was running really slow. They found no hardware problem but suggested my problem was that the 2G of Ram was not enough because the system with nothing open was using over 75% of the RAM. Installed 4G of RAM, now 2 days later, having restarted the computer several times, the system has expanded to using 80% of the RAM with just Safari open. Anyone else having this problem.. open to suggestions. Have reset the PRAM, Reset SMC, ran long harddrive test, had it to the Apple store, had them run there tests on?? This is a 13' Mac Book (late 2007) model, running Snow Leopard 10.6.8 with UTD software, now with 4G of RAM using 3.81G of RAM with just Safari and the Activity Monitor open. Thoughts, suggestions, cures .. all would be appreciated!
Thanks!

You can find out which application is eating up your memory in Activity Monitor. Selet "All Processes" from the drop down on the right side of the window (next to the search field). Then click on the header for the column marked "Real Mem". This will list all of the process running sorted by how much memory they are reserving, and will give you a clue as to where the problem is.
What web pages do you have open in Safari? Safari can grab large amount of memory depending what kind of plugins a particular site uses.

I am runnig Firefox 18.0.1 and the plugin-container is using all my ram, have tried altering dom.ipc.plugins to false but makes no difference. Any advice please

I am running Firefox 18.0.1 and the plugin-container is using all my ram, have tried altering dom.ipc.plugins to false but makes no difference. Any advice please

plugin-container.exe is used to run Flash and other plugins so if they crash they do not take down your main Firefox session. But... I don't think memory usage would be that different if you tricked Firefox into running Flash inside firefox.exe. (There was a thread with the trick, but I can't recall the details. It was not a regular Firefox setting.)

Using all 32 GB of RAM?

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