| This graph shows what the machine uses its memory for. | |||||
| Field | Internal name | Type | Warn | Crit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| apps | apps | gauge | None | None | Memory used by user-space applications. |
| swap_cache | swap_cache | gauge | None | None | A piece of memory that keeps track of pages that have been fetched from swap but not yet been modified. |
| slab_cache | slab | gauge | None | None | Memory used by the kernel (major users are caches like inode, dentry, etc). |
| cache | cached | gauge | None | None | Parked file data (file content) cache. |
| buffers | buffers | gauge | None | None | Block device (e.g. harddisk) cache. Also where "dirty" blocks are stored until written. |
| unused | free | gauge | None | None | Wasted memory. Memory that is not used for anything at all. |
| swap | swap | gauge | None | None | Swap space used. |
| active | active | gauge | None | None | Memory recently used. Not reclaimed unless absolutely necessary. |
| active_anon | active_anon | gauge | None | None | |
| active_cache | active_cache | gauge | None | None | |
| inactive | inactive | gauge | None | None | Memory not currently used. |
| inactive_dirty | inact_dirty | gauge | None | None | Memory not currently used, but in need of being written to disk. |
| inactive_laundry | inact_laundry | gauge | None | None | |
| inactive_clean | inact_clean | gauge | None | None | Memory not currently used. |