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System memory metricset

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The System memory metricset provides memory statistics.

This metricset is available on:

  • FreeBSD
  • Linux
  • macOS
  • OpenBSD
  • Windows

Configuration

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There are no configuration options for this metricset.

Fields

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For a description of each field in the metricset, see the exported fields section.

Here is an example document generated by this metricset:

{
    "@timestamp": "2017-10-12T08:05:34.853Z",
    "beat": {
        "hostname": "host.example.com",
        "name": "host.example.com"
    },
    "metricset": {
        "module": "system",
        "name": "memory",
        "rtt": 115
    },
    "system": {
        "memory": {
            "actual": {
                "free": 1311326208,
                "used": {
                    "bytes": 2827796480,
                    "pct": 0.6832
                }
            },
            "free": 588627968,
            "swap": {
                "free": 23846912,
                "total": 1073737728,
                "used": {
                    "bytes": 1049890816,
                    "pct": 0.9778
                }
            },
            "total": 4139122688,
            "used": {
                "bytes": 3550494720,
                "pct": 0.8578
            }
        }
    }
}