Service graphs
Graph Information
This graph shows what the machine uses its memory for.
Field | Internal name | Type | Warn | Crit | Info |
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active | active | gauge | pages recently statistically used | ||
inactive | inactive | gauge | pages recently statistically unused | ||
wired | wired | gauge | pages that are fixed into memory, usually for kernel purposes, but also sometimes for special use in processes | ||
buffers | buffers | gauge | pages used for filesystem buffers | ||
cache | cached | gauge | pages that have percolated from inactive to a status where they maintain their data, but can often be immediately reused | ||
laundry | laundry | gauge | number of dirty bytes inactive | ||
free | free | gauge | pages without data content | ||
swap | swap | gauge | Swap space used |