diff --git a/cmd/yarn-operator/main.go b/cmd/yarn-operator/main.go
index 4ca4b65e..573baa1c 100644
--- a/cmd/yarn-operator/main.go
+++ b/cmd/yarn-operator/main.go
@@ -20,15 +20,19 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"math/rand"
 	"net/http"
+	_ "net/http/pprof"
 	"os"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/labels"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/leaderelection/resourcelock"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2/klogr"
 	ctrl "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
 
 	utilclient "github.com/koordinator-sh/koordinator/pkg/util/client"
 	"github.com/koordinator-sh/koordinator/pkg/util/fieldindex"
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ func main() {
 	var leaderElectionNamespace string
 	var namespace string
 	var syncPeriodStr string
+	var cacheSelectorKey, cacheSelectorValue, cacheSelectorNamespace string
 	flag.StringVar(&metricsAddr, "metrics-addr", ":8080", "The address the metric endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&healthProbeAddr, "health-probe-addr", ":8000", "The address the healthz/readyz endpoint binds to.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&enableLeaderElection, "enable-leader-election", true, "Whether you need to enable leader election.")
@@ -59,6 +64,13 @@ func main() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&enablePprof, "enable-pprof", true, "Enable pprof for controller manager.")
 	flag.StringVar(&pprofAddr, "pprof-addr", ":8090", "The address the pprof binds to.")
 	flag.StringVar(&syncPeriodStr, "sync-period", "", "Determines the minimum frequency at which watched resources are reconciled.")
+	// By setting the following three parameters, the size of the field index cache can be effectively reduced,
+	// thereby reducing the memory occupied by the koord-yarn-operator.
+	// Warning: three parameters must be set at the same time to take effect.
+	flag.StringVar(&cacheSelectorKey, "cache-selector-key", "app", "The cacheSelectorLabel should be the key that marks the label of the NMpod.")
+	flag.StringVar(&cacheSelectorValue, "cache-selector-value", "hadoop-yarn", "The cacheSelectorValue should be the value that marks the label of the NMpod.")
+	flag.StringVar(&cacheSelectorNamespace, "cache-selector-namespace", "yarn-k8s-elastic", "The cacheSelectorNamespace should be the namespace of NMpod.")
+
 	opts := options.NewOptions()
 	opts.InitFlags(flag.CommandLine)
 	//sloconfig.InitFlags(flag.CommandLine)
@@ -98,6 +110,21 @@ func main() {
 			syncPeriod = &d
 		}
 	}
+
+	// To reduce the memory size of the field index, we created a new cache that filters pods
+	// see: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pull/1419/files
+	var newCache cache.NewCacheFunc
+	if cacheSelectorKey != "" && cacheSelectorValue != "" && cacheSelectorNamespace != "" {
+		newCache = cache.BuilderWithOptions(cache.Options{
+			SelectorsByObject: cache.SelectorsByObject{
+				&corev1.Pod{}: {
+					Label: labels.SelectorFromSet(labels.Set{cacheSelectorKey: cacheSelectorValue}),
+				},
+			},
+			Namespace: cacheSelectorNamespace,
+		})
+	}
+
 	mgr, err := ctrl.NewManager(cfg, ctrl.Options{
 		Scheme:                     options.Scheme,
 		MetricsBindAddress:         metricsAddr,
@@ -107,6 +134,7 @@ func main() {
 		LeaderElectionNamespace:    leaderElectionNamespace,
 		LeaderElectionResourceLock: resourcelock.ConfigMapsLeasesResourceLock,
 		Namespace:                  namespace,
+		NewCache:                   newCache,
 		SyncPeriod:                 syncPeriod,
 		NewClient:                  utilclient.NewClient,
 	})