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System memory metricset
editSystem 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": 46533455872, "used": { "bytes": 20981358592, "pct": 0.3108 } }, "cached": 42114609152, "free": 3916599296, "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": 0.9871 }, "kswapd_efficiency": { "pct": 0.7105 }, "pgfree": { "pages": 69780946234 }, "pgscan_direct": { "pages": 1512375 }, "pgscan_kswapd": { "pages": 25880646 }, "pgsteal_direct": { "pages": 1492831 }, "pgsteal_kswapd": { "pages": 18387096 } }, "swap": { "free": 8560832512, "in": { "pages": 727 }, "out": { "pages": 11197 }, "readahead": { "cached": 9, "pages": 45 }, "total": 8589930496, "used": { "bytes": 29097984, "pct": 0.0034 } }, "total": 67514814464, "used": { "bytes": 63598215168, "pct": 0.942 } } } }