Hi, monit shows the memory usage without buffers/cache and reclaimable slab memory, which can be returned to the system and used by application if more memory is needed. You can get similar memory usage from the "free" command line utility in the "-/+ buffers/cache" line.
Regards, Martin > On 02 Mar 2016, at 14:41, John Hirst3 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all > > Are any of you aware how Monit calculates the amount of memory currently > being used by a host. > > I have installed Monit on several RHEL servers. When accessing the Monit > console, the memory and swap figures don't always appear to be correct when > comparing this to details being presented by top or in the /proc/meminfo file > on the server. > > Thanks > > John > Unless stated otherwise above: > IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number > 741598. > Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > -- > To unsubscribe: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general -- To unsubscribe: https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general
