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System memory metricset
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System memory metricset
editThe System memory metricset provides memory statistics.
This metricset is available on:
- FreeBSD
- Linux
- macOS
- OpenBSD
- Windows
Configuration
editThere are no configuration options for this metricset.
This is a default metricset. If the host module is unconfigured, this metricset is enabled by default.
Fields
editFor 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",
"event": {
"dataset": "system.memory",
"duration": 115000,
"module": "system"
},
"metricset": {
"name": "memory",
"period": 10000
},
"service": {
"type": "system"
},
"system": {
"memory": {
"actual": {
"free": 8461623296,
"used": {
"bytes": 7159164928,
"pct": 0.4583
}
},
"free": 1299234816,
"hugepages": {
"default_size": 2097152,
"free": 0,
"reserved": 0,
"surplus": 0,
"swap": {
"out": {
"fallback": 0,
"pages": 0
}
},
"total": 0,
"used": {
"bytes": 0,
"pct": 0
}
},
"page_stats": {
"direct_efficiency": {
"pct": 0.9242
},
"kswapd_efficiency": {
"pct": 0.7518
},
"pgfree": {
"pages": 15924304810
},
"pgscan_direct": {
"pages": 1185751
},
"pgscan_kswapd": {
"pages": 50008148
},
"pgsteal_direct": {
"pages": 1095884
},
"pgsteal_kswapd": {
"pages": 37594071
}
},
"swap": {
"free": 7823421440,
"in": {
"pages": 2702
},
"out": {
"pages": 23582
},
"readahead": {
"cached": 554,
"pages": 986
},
"total": 7897870336,
"used": {
"bytes": 74448896,
"pct": 0.0094
}
},
"total": 15620788224,
"used": {
"bytes": 14321553408,
"pct": 0.9168
}
}
}
}