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Table 5-17. Disk Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
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Metric Key Metric Name Description
disk | write_average Write Requests Number of times data was written to the disk
during the collection interval.
disk | commands_summation Commands Issued Number of disk commands issued during the
collection interval.
Memory Metrics for Cluster Compute Resources
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
Table 5-18. Memory Metrics for Cluster Computer Resources
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem | activewrite_average Active Write (KB) Active writes in kilobytes.
mem | compressed_average Compressed (KB) Average compression in kilobytes.
mem | compressionRate_average Compression Rate (KBps) Average compression rate in kilobytes.
mem | consumed_average Consumed (KB) Amount of host memory consumed by the
virtual machine for guest memory.
mem | host_contentionPct Contention (%) Percent contention.
mem | host_contention Contention (KB) Contention in kilobytes.
mem | decompressionRate_average Decompression Rate (KBps) Decompression rate in kilobytes.
mem | granted_average Granted (KB) Amount of memory available for use.
mem | active_average Guest Active (KB) Amount of memory that is actively used.
mem | heap_average Heap (KB) Amount of memory allocated for heap.
mem | heapFree_average Heap Free (KB) Free space in the heap.
mem | vmmemctl_average Machine Demand (KB) Amount of memory currently used by the
virtual machine memory control.
mem | workload Overall Workload (%) Percent overall workload.
mem | overhead_average Overhead (KB) Amount of memory that is overhead.
mem | host_provisioned Provisioned Memory (KB) Provisioned memory in kilobytes.
mem | reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Reserved capacity in kilobytes.
mem | shared_average Shared (KB) Amount of shared memory.
mem | sharedcommon_average Shared Common (KB) Amount of shared common memory.
mem | swapin_average Swap In (KB) Amount of memory that is swapped in for the
service console.
mem | swapinRate_average Swap In Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is swapped from disk
into active memory during the interval.
mem | swapout_average Swap Out (KB) Amount of memory that is swapped out for
the service console.
mem | swapoutRate_average Swap Out Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is being swapped from
active memory into disk during the current
interval.
mem | swapused_average Swap Used (KB) Amount of memory used for swap space.
Total Capacity (KB) Total capacity in kilobytes.
mem | unreserved_average Unreserved (KB) Amount of unreserved memory.
mem | host_usable Usable Memory (KB) Usable memory in kilobytes.
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