Specifications

Administration Guide
214 VMware, Inc.
How Memory Is Utilized
The!Memory!Utilization!pane!shows!how!much!memory!is!being!used!by!the!ESX!
Server!and!how!memory!resources!are!allocated!to!virtual!machines.!See!“Memory!
Resource!Management”!on!page 345.
Figure 6-16. Memory tab
System Summary: Physical Memory
This!list!shows!the!current!allocation!of!physical!memory!on!the!server:!
! Virtual!Machines!–!Memory!currently!allocated!to!virtual!machines.
! Shared!Common!–!Memory!required!for!the!single!copy!of!memory!shared!
between!virtual!machines.
! Virtualization!–!Total!virtualization!overhead!for!all!virtual!machines!and!the!
vmkernel.
! Service!Console!–!Memory!allocated!to!the!Service!Console.
! Free!–!Memory!currently!available!to!be!used!by!the!system!or!virtual!machines.
! Total!–!Total!physical!memory!on!the!server.
Memory
! Memory!Savings!Due!to!Sharing!–!Amount!of!memory!saved!by!sharing!memory!
between!virtual!machines.