diff --git a/src/experiments/checksum-oostubs/experiment.cc b/src/experiments/checksum-oostubs/experiment.cc
index 08642bbf..89861359 100644
--- a/src/experiments/checksum-oostubs/experiment.cc
+++ b/src/experiments/checksum-oostubs/experiment.cc
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ bool ChecksumOOStuBSExperiment::run()
 #elif 1
 	// STEP 3: The actual experiment.
 #if !LOCAL
-	for (int i = 0; i < 400; ++i) { // more than 400 will be very slow (500 is max)
+	for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i) { // only do 50 sequential experiments, to prevent swapping
+	// 50 exp ~ 0.5GB RAM usage per instance (linearly increasing)
 #endif
 
 	// get an experiment parameter set
diff --git a/src/experiments/ecos_kernel_test/experiment.cc b/src/experiments/ecos_kernel_test/experiment.cc
index 0adbb3a1..13420f83 100644
--- a/src/experiments/ecos_kernel_test/experiment.cc
+++ b/src/experiments/ecos_kernel_test/experiment.cc
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ bool EcosKernelTestExperiment::faultInjection() {
 	BPSingleListener bp;
 	
 #if !LOCAL
-	for (int i = 0; i < 400; ++i) { // more than 400 will be very slow (500 is max)
+	for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i) { // only do 50 sequential experiments, to prevent swapping
+	// 50 exp ~ 0.5GB RAM usage per instance (linearly increasing)
 #endif
 
 	// get an experiment parameter set
diff --git a/src/experiments/weather-monitor/experiment.cc b/src/experiments/weather-monitor/experiment.cc
index ee2f64a0..d55e70b7 100644
--- a/src/experiments/weather-monitor/experiment.cc
+++ b/src/experiments/weather-monitor/experiment.cc
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ bool WeatherMonitorExperiment::run()
 #elif 0
 	// STEP 3: The actual experiment.
 #if !LOCAL
-	for (int i = 0; i < 500; ++i) {
+	for (int i = 0; i < 50; ++i) { // only do 50 sequential experiments, to prevent swapping
+	// 50 exp ~ 0.5GB RAM usage per instance (linearly increasing)
 #endif
 
 	// get an experiment parameter set