diff --git a/go/common/persistent/persistent.go b/go/common/persistent/persistent.go
index 10799f1a10f..388fe62bd10 100644
--- a/go/common/persistent/persistent.go
+++ b/go/common/persistent/persistent.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2/options"
 
-	ekbadger "github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/badger"
+	cmnBadger "github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/badger"
 	"github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/cbor"
 	"github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/logging"
 )
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var ErrNotFound = errors.New("persistent: key not found in database")
 // CommonStore is the interface to the common storage for the node.
 type CommonStore struct {
 	db *badger.DB
-	gc *ekbadger.GCWorker
+	gc *cmnBadger.GCWorker
 }
 
 // Close closes the database handle.
@@ -47,9 +47,11 @@ func NewCommonStore(dataDir string) (*CommonStore, error) {
 	logger := logging.GetLogger("common/persistent")
 
 	opts := badger.DefaultOptions(filepath.Join(dataDir, dbName))
-	opts = opts.WithLogger(ekbadger.NewLogAdapter(logger))
+	opts = opts.WithLogger(cmnBadger.NewLogAdapter(logger))
 	opts = opts.WithSyncWrites(true)
 	opts = opts.WithCompression(options.None)
+	// Reduce cache size to 128 KiB as the default is 1 GiB.
+	opts = opts.WithMaxCacheSize(128 * 1024)
 
 	db, err := badger.Open(opts)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ func NewCommonStore(dataDir string) (*CommonStore, error) {
 
 	cs := &CommonStore{
 		db: db,
-		gc: ekbadger.NewGCWorker(logger, db),
+		gc: cmnBadger.NewGCWorker(logger, db),
 	}
 
 	return cs, nil
diff --git a/go/consensus/tendermint/db/badger/badger.go b/go/consensus/tendermint/db/badger/badger.go
index 93458026ce2..7d6e9629098 100644
--- a/go/consensus/tendermint/db/badger/badger.go
+++ b/go/consensus/tendermint/db/badger/badger.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/tendermint/tendermint/node"
 	dbm "github.com/tendermint/tm-db"
 
-	ekbadger "github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/badger"
+	cmnBadger "github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/badger"
 	"github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/logging"
 )
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ type badgerDBImpl struct {
 	logger *logging.Logger
 
 	db *badger.DB
-	gc *ekbadger.GCWorker
+	gc *cmnBadger.GCWorker
 
 	closeOnce sync.Once
 }
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ func New(fn string, noSuffix bool) (dbm.DB, error) {
 	logger := baseLogger.With("path", fn)
 
 	opts := badger.DefaultOptions(fn) // This may benefit from LSMOnlyOptions.
-	opts = opts.WithLogger(ekbadger.NewLogAdapter(logger))
+	opts = opts.WithLogger(cmnBadger.NewLogAdapter(logger))
 	opts = opts.WithSyncWrites(false)
 	opts = opts.WithCompression(options.Snappy)
+	// Reduce cache size to 64 MiB as the default is 1 GiB.
+	opts = opts.WithMaxCacheSize(64 * 1024 * 1024)
 
 	db, err := badger.Open(opts)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ func New(fn string, noSuffix bool) (dbm.DB, error) {
 	impl := &badgerDBImpl{
 		logger: logger,
 		db:     db,
-		gc:     ekbadger.NewGCWorker(logger, db),
+		gc:     cmnBadger.NewGCWorker(logger, db),
 	}
 
 	return impl, nil
diff --git a/go/runtime/history/db.go b/go/runtime/history/db.go
index e57c7da4579..ed14f752632 100644
--- a/go/runtime/history/db.go
+++ b/go/runtime/history/db.go
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ func newDB(fn string, runtimeID signature.PublicKey) (*DB, error) {
 	opts = opts.WithLogger(cmnBadger.NewLogAdapter(logger))
 	opts = opts.WithSyncWrites(true)
 	opts = opts.WithCompression(options.None)
+	// Reduce cache size to 10 MiB as the default is 1 GiB.
+	opts = opts.WithMaxCacheSize(10 * 1024 * 1024)
 
 	db, err := badger.Open(opts)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/go/storage/mkvs/urkel/db/badger/badger.go b/go/storage/mkvs/urkel/db/badger/badger.go
index 373ce293ffb..4b0abc23c82 100644
--- a/go/storage/mkvs/urkel/db/badger/badger.go
+++ b/go/storage/mkvs/urkel/db/badger/badger.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
 	"github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common"
-	ekbadger "github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/badger"
+	cmnBadger "github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/badger"
 	"github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/cbor"
 	"github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/crypto/hash"
 	"github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/keyformat"
@@ -106,9 +106,11 @@ func New(cfg *api.Config) (api.NodeDB, error) {
 	db.CheckpointableDB = api.NewCheckpointableDB(db)
 
 	opts := badger.DefaultOptions(cfg.DB)
-	opts = opts.WithLogger(ekbadger.NewLogAdapter(db.logger))
+	opts = opts.WithLogger(cmnBadger.NewLogAdapter(db.logger))
 	opts = opts.WithSyncWrites(!cfg.DebugNoFsync)
 	opts = opts.WithCompression(options.None)
+	// Reduce cache size to 64 MiB as the default is 1 GiB.
+	opts = opts.WithMaxCacheSize(64 * 1024 * 1024)
 
 	var err error
 	if db.db, err = badger.Open(opts); err != nil {
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ func New(cfg *api.Config) (api.NodeDB, error) {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "urkel/db/badger: failed to load metadata")
 	}
 
-	db.gc = ekbadger.NewGCWorker(db.logger, db.db)
+	db.gc = cmnBadger.NewGCWorker(db.logger, db.db)
 
 	return db, nil
 }
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ type badgerNodeDB struct {
 	logger *logging.Logger
 
 	db   *badger.DB
-	gc   *ekbadger.GCWorker
+	gc   *cmnBadger.GCWorker
 	meta metadata
 
 	closeOnce sync.Once
diff --git a/go/worker/common/host/local_storage.go b/go/worker/common/host/local_storage.go
index 93ec1fca159..9dd5d23723b 100644
--- a/go/worker/common/host/local_storage.go
+++ b/go/worker/common/host/local_storage.go
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2"
 	"github.com/dgraph-io/badger/v2/options"
 
-	ekbadger "github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/badger"
+	cmnBadger "github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/badger"
 	"github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/cbor"
 	"github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/crypto/signature"
 	"github.com/oasislabs/oasis-core/go/common/keyformat"
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ type LocalStorage struct {
 	logger *logging.Logger
 
 	db *badger.DB
-	gc *ekbadger.GCWorker
+	gc *cmnBadger.GCWorker
 }
 
 func (s *LocalStorage) Get(id signature.PublicKey, key []byte) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -97,15 +97,17 @@ func NewLocalStorage(dataDir, fn string) (*LocalStorage, error) {
 	}
 
 	opts := badger.DefaultOptions(filepath.Join(dataDir, fn))
-	opts = opts.WithLogger(ekbadger.NewLogAdapter(s.logger))
+	opts = opts.WithLogger(cmnBadger.NewLogAdapter(s.logger))
 	opts = opts.WithSyncWrites(true)
 	opts = opts.WithCompression(options.None)
+	// Reduce cache size to 128 KiB as the default is 1 GiB.
+	opts = opts.WithMaxCacheSize(128 * 1024)
 
 	var err error
 	if s.db, err = badger.Open(opts); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to open local storage database: %w", err)
 	}
-	s.gc = ekbadger.NewGCWorker(s.logger, s.db)
+	s.gc = cmnBadger.NewGCWorker(s.logger, s.db)
 
 	// TODO: The file format could be versioned, but it's not like this
 	// really is subject to change.