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Memory Details are not showing in Linux machine

Motadata pulls memory details using: free –m

If your Memory widgets are empty, please make sure of free -m commands on targeted machine. Below counters are being monitored with the help of free –m command.

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  • Installed Memory (MB) = total as shown in above example.
  • Used Memory (MB) = total – (free) – (buffers) – (cache)
  • Free Memory (MB) = as shown in above example.
  • Memory utilization (%) = ((used)*100)/total
  • Overall used Memory = buffer memory + Used Memory
  • Overall Free Memory = Overall used memory - free memory
  • Overall Memory (%) = (buffers + (used*100))/total
  • Buffer Memory (MB) = as shown in above example.
  • Cashed (MB) = as shown in above example.

Swap Memory:

  • Free swap Memory (MB) = (Total – Used)
  • Swap Memory (MB) = Total as shown in above example.
  • Used Swap (MB) = as shown in above example.
  • Swap Memory (%) = (used * 100)/total