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Memory Metrics for Datacenters
Memory metrics provide information about memory use and allocation.
Table 164. Memory Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
mem|host_contentionPct Contention (%) Machine Contention Percentage.
mem|host_demand Machine Demand (KB) Memory machine demand in kilobytes.
mem|host_systemUsage ESX System Usage Memory usage by the VM kernel and
ESX user-level services.
mem|host_provisioned Provisioned Memory (KB) Provisioned host memory in kilobytes.
mem|reservedCapacity_average Reserved Capacity (KB) Reserved memory capacity in kilobytes.
mem|host_usable Usable Memory (KB) Usable host memory in kilobytes.
mem|host_usage Host Usage Host memory use in kilobytes.
mem|host_usagePct Usage/Usable (%) Percent host memory used.
mem|overhead_average VM Overhead Memory overhead reported by host.
mem|stress_balance_factor Stress Balance Factor Stress Balance Factor.
mem|min_host_capacity_remaining Lowest Provider Capacity
Remaining
Lowest Provider Capacity Remaining.
mem|workload_balance_factor Workload Balance Factor Workload Balance Factor.
mem|max_host_workload Highest Provider Workload Highest Provider Workload.
mem|host_workload_disparity Host workload Max-Min Disparity Dierence of Max and Min host
workload in the container.
mem|host_stress_disparity Host stress Max-Min Disparity Dierence of Max and Min host stress
in the container.
Network Metrics for Datacenters
Network metrics provide information about network performance.
Table 165. Network Metrics for Datacenters
Metric Key Metric Name Description
net|droppedPct Packets Dropped Percentage of packets dropped.
net|maxObservedKBps Max Observed Throughput Max observed rate of network
throughput.
net|maxObserved_Tx_KBps Max Observed Transmied
Throughput
Max observed transmied rate of
network throughput.
net|maxObserved_Rx_KBps Max Observed Received Throughput Max observed received rate of network
throughput.
net|transmied_average Data Transmit Rate Average amount of data transmied
per second.
net|received_average Data Receive Rate Average amount of data received per
second.
net|usage_average Usage Rate (KBps) The sum of the data transmied and
received for all the NIC instances of the
host or virtual machine.
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