Plugin: freebsd.plugin Module: system.ram
Show information about system memory usage.
The plugin calls sysctl
function to collect necessary data.
This collector is supported on all platforms.
This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.
This integration doesn’t support auto-detection.
The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.
The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.
No action required.
The configuration file name for this integration is netdata.conf
.
Configuration for this specific integration is located in the [plugin:freebsd]
section within that file.
The file format is a modified INI syntax. The general structure is:
[section1]
option1 = some value
option2 = some other value
[section2]
option3 = some third value
You can edit the configuration file using the edit-config
script from the
Netdata config directory.
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
Name | Description | Default | Required |
---|---|---|---|
system.ram | Enable or disable system RAM metric. | yes | no |
There are no configuration examples.
Metrics grouped by scope.
The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.
This metric shows RAM usage statistics.
This scope has no labels.
Metrics:
Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
---|---|---|
system.ram | free, active, inactive, wired, cache, laundry, buffers | MiB |
mem.available | avail | MiB |
The following alerts are available:
Alert name | On metric | Description |
---|---|---|
ram_in_use | system.ram | system memory utilization |
ram_in_use | system.ram | system memory utilization |
ram_available | mem.available | percentage of estimated amount of RAM available for userspace processes, without causing swapping |
ram_available | mem.available | percentage of estimated amount of RAM available for userspace processes, without causing swapping |