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Table 1‑35. Memory Metrics for Host Systems (Continued)
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|swapoutRate_average Swap Out Rate (KBps) Rate at which memory is being
swapped from active memory to
disk during the current interval in
kilobytes per second.
mem|activewrite_average Active Write (KB) Average active writes in kilobytes.
mem|compressed_average Compressed (KB) Average memory compression in
kilobytes.
mem|compressionRate_average Compression Rate (KBps) Average compression rate in
kilobytes per second.
mem|decompressionRate_average Decompression Rate (KBps) Decompression rate in kilobytes
per second.
mem|totalCapacity_average Total Capacity (KB) Total capacity in kilobytes.
mem|latency_average Latency Percentage of time the VM is
waiting to access swapped or
compressed memory.
mem|capacity.contention_average Capacity Contention Capacity Contention.
mem|llSwapInRate_average Swap In Rate from Host Cache Rate at which memory is being
swapped from host cache into
active memory.
mem|llSwapIn_average Swap In from Host Cache Amount of memory swapped-in
from host cache.
mem|llSwapOutRate_average Swap Out Rate to Host Cache Rate at which memory is being
swapped to host cache from active
memory.
mem|llSwapOut_average Swap Out to Host Cache Amount of memory swapped-out
to host cache.
mem|llSwapUsed_average Swap Space Used in Host Cache Space used for caching swapped
pages in the host cache.
mem|lowfreethreshold_average Low Free Threshold Threshold of free host physical
memory below which ESX will
begin reclaiming memory from
VMs through ballooning and
swapping.
mem|vmWorkloadDisparityPct VM Memory Workload Disparity Percentage Memory workload
disparity among the VMs on the
Host.
mem|active_longterm_load Active Host Load For Balance (Long
Term)
Active Host Load For Balance
(Long Term).
mem|active_shorerm_load Active Host Load For Balance (Short
Term)
Active Host Load For Balance
(Short Term).
Network Metrics for Host Systems
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
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