Alessio Buccino

Memory-wise, I agree this could be an overhead. But the `load_from_folder` function assumes that you are reloading the objects, so I think the behavior is correct.

> For example in my case I just want to load the templates (and nothing else), which have already been computed and saved in the folder. > > For another...

Looks good @DradeAW ready to merge?

@CodyCBakerPhD @bendichter @h-mayorquin What do you guys think?

@joshmoore sure, here is how the zarr calls are distributed: 1. The `save()` function is routed to this [`_save()`](https://github.com/SpikeInterface/spikeinterface/blob/master/spikeinterface/core/baserecording.py#L245-L299) function which is specific to Zarr. Here the zarr file is...

@joshmoore I'll try to print out RAM usage with and without forcing GC. I'm a bit busy these couple of days. Planning to do it early next week.

Hi @joshmoore Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I tested on my local machine and it seems that RAM usage is under control and it doesn't grow...

@samuelgarcia thoughts?

Yaaaaayy!!! What version were you using?

Not sure, but glad it is solved!