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linux fields

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linux module

linux

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linux system metrics

conntrack

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conntrack

summary

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summary of nf_conntrack statistics, summed across CPU cores

linux.conntrack.summary.drop

packets dropped due to conntrack failiure

type: long

linux.conntrack.summary.early_drop

conntrack entries dropped to make room for new ones

type: long

linux.conntrack.summary.entries

entries in the conntrack table

type: long

linux.conntrack.summary.found

successfully searched entries

type: long

linux.conntrack.summary.ignore

packets seen already connected to a conntrack entry

type: long

linux.conntrack.summary.insert_failed

Number of entries where list insert insert failed

type: long

linux.conntrack.summary.invalid

packets seen that cannot be tracked

type: long

linux.conntrack.summary.search_restart

table lookups which had to be restarted due to table resizes

type: long

iostat

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iostat

linux.iostat.read.request.merges_per_sec

The number of read requests merged per second that were queued to the device.

type: float

linux.iostat.write.request.merges_per_sec

The number of write requests merged per second that were queued to the device.

type: float

linux.iostat.read.request.per_sec

The number of read requests that were issued to the device per second

type: float

linux.iostat.write.request.per_sec

The number of write requests that were issued to the device per second

type: float

linux.iostat.read.per_sec.bytes

The number of Bytes read from the device per second.

type: float

format: bytes

linux.iostat.read.await

The average time spent for read requests issued to the device to be served.

type: float

linux.iostat.write.per_sec.bytes

The number of Bytes write from the device per second.

type: float

format: bytes

linux.iostat.write.await

The average time spent for write requests issued to the device to be served.

type: float

linux.iostat.request.avg_size

The average size (in bytes) of the requests that were issued to the device.

type: float

linux.iostat.queue.avg_size

The average queue length of the requests that were issued to the device.

type: float

linux.iostat.await

The average time spent for requests issued to the device to be served.

type: float

linux.iostat.service_time

The average service time (in milliseconds) for I/O requests that were issued to the device.

type: float

linux.iostat.busy

Percentage of CPU time during which I/O requests were issued to the device (bandwidth utilization for the device). Device saturation occurs when this value is close to 100%.

type: float

ksm

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ksm

stats

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KSM statistics

linux.ksm.stats.pages_shared

Shared pages in use.

type: long

linux.ksm.stats.pages_sharing

Sites sharing pages.

type: long

linux.ksm.stats.pages_unshared

Unique pages.

type: long

linux.ksm.stats.full_scans

Number of times mergable pages have been scanned.

type: long

linux.ksm.stats.stable_node_chains

Pages that have reached max_page_sharing.

type: long

linux.ksm.stats.stable_node_dups

Number of duplicated KSM pages.

type: long

memory

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Linux memory data

page_stats

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memory page statistics

linux.memory.page_stats.pgscan_kswapd.pages

pages scanned by kswapd

type: long

format: number

linux.memory.page_stats.pgscan_direct.pages

pages scanned directly

type: long

format: number

linux.memory.page_stats.pgfree.pages

pages freed by the system

type: long

format: number

linux.memory.page_stats.pgsteal_kswapd.pages

number of pages reclaimed by kswapd

type: long

format: number

linux.memory.page_stats.pgsteal_direct.pages

number of pages reclaimed directly

type: long

format: number

linux.memory.page_stats.direct_efficiency.pct

direct reclaim efficiency percentage. A lower percentage indicates the system is struggling to reclaim memory.

type: scaled_float

format: percent

linux.memory.page_stats.kswapd_efficiency.pct

kswapd reclaim efficiency percentage. A lower percentage indicates the system is struggling to reclaim memory.

type: scaled_float

format: percent

hugepages

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This group contains statistics related to huge pages usage on the system.

linux.memory.hugepages.total

Number of huge pages in the pool.

type: long

format: number

linux.memory.hugepages.used.bytes

Memory used in allocated huge pages.

type: long

format: bytes

linux.memory.hugepages.used.pct

Percentage of huge pages used.

type: long

format: percent

linux.memory.hugepages.free

Number of available huge pages in the pool.

type: long

format: number

linux.memory.hugepages.reserved

Number of reserved but not allocated huge pages in the pool.

type: long

format: number

linux.memory.hugepages.surplus

Number of overcommited huge pages.

type: long

format: number

linux.memory.hugepages.default_size

Default size for huge pages.

type: long

format: bytes

pageinfo

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pageinfo

buddy_info

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Data from /proc/buddyinfo grouping used pages by order

DMA

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DMA page Data

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.0

free chunks of 2^0*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.1

free chunks of 2^1*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.2

free chunks of 2^2*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.3

free chunks of 2^3*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.4

free chunks of 2^4*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.5

free chunks of 2^5*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.6

free chunks of 2^6*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.7

free chunks of 2^7*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.8

free chunks of 2^8*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.9

free chunks of 2^9*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.buddy_info.DMA.10

free chunks of 2^10*PAGE_SIZE

type: long

linux.pageinfo.nodes.*

Raw allocation info from /proc/pagetypeinfo

type: object

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