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Diffstat (limited to 'glances/plugins/glances_mem.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | glances/plugins/glances_mem.py | 34 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/glances/plugins/glances_mem.py b/glances/plugins/glances_mem.py index 417483a3..79c13c9c 100644 --- a/glances/plugins/glances_mem.py +++ b/glances/plugins/glances_mem.py @@ -25,6 +25,37 @@ from glances.plugins.glances_plugin import GlancesPlugin import psutil +# Fields description +fields_description = { + 'total': {'description': 'Total physical memory available.', + 'unit': 'bytes'}, + 'available': {'description': 'The actual amount of available memory that can be given instantly \ +to processes that request more memory in bytes; this is calculated by summing \ +different memory values depending on the platform (e.g. free + buffers + cached on Linux) \ +and it is supposed to be used to monitor actual memory usage in a cross platform fashion.', + 'unit': 'bytes'}, + 'percent': {'description': 'The percentage usage calculated as (total - available) / total * 100.', + 'unit': 'percent'}, + 'used': {'description': 'Memory used, calculated differently depending on the platform and \ +designed for informational purposes only.', + 'unit': 'bytes'}, + 'free': {'description': 'Memory not being used at all (zeroed) that is readily available; \ +note that this doesn\'t reflect the actual memory available (use \'available\' instead).', + 'unit': 'bytes'}, + 'active': {'description': '*(UNIX)*: memory currently in use or very recently used, and so it is in RAM.', + 'unit': 'bytes'}, + 'inactive': {'description': '*(UNIX)*: memory that is marked as not used.', + 'unit': 'bytes'}, + 'buffers': {'description': '*(Linux, BSD)*: cache for things like file system metadata.', + 'unit': 'bytes'}, + 'cached': {'description': '*(Linux, BSD)*: cache for various things.', + 'unit': 'bytes'}, + 'wired': {'description': '*(BSD, macOS)*: memory that is marked to always stay in RAM. It is never moved to disk.', + 'unit': 'bytes'}, + 'shared': {'description': '*(BSD)*: memory that may be simultaneously accessed by multiple processes.', + 'unit': 'bytes'}, +} + # SNMP OID # Total RAM in machine: .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.4.5.0 # Total RAM used: .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.4.6.0 @@ -64,7 +95,8 @@ class Plugin(GlancesPlugin): """Init the plugin.""" super(Plugin, self).__init__(args=args, config=config, - items_history_list=items_history_list) + items_history_list=items_history_list, + fields_description=fields_description) # We want to display the stat in the curse interface self.display_curse = True |