var showMem = function() { var mem = process.memoryUsage(); var format = function(bytes) { return (bytes/1024/1024).toFixed(2)+'MB'; }; console.log('Process: heapTotal '+format(mem.heapTotal) + ' heapUsed ' + format(mem.heapUsed) + ' rss ' + format(mem.rss)); console.log('----------------------------------------'); }; var useMem = function () { var size = 20*1024*1024; var arr = new Array(size); for (var i=0;i<size;i++) { arr[i] = 0; } return arr; }; var total = []; for (var j=0;j<15;j++) { showMem(); total.push(useMem()); } showMem();