Search
SupportConsoleDevelopersStart a trialContact

8.3. Memory Tuning on Virtual Machines

download PDF

8.3.1. Memory Monitoring Tools

Memory usage can be monitored in virtual machines using tools used in bare metal environments. Tools useful for monitoring memory usage and diagnosing memory-related problems include:
  • top
  • vmstat
  • numastat
  • /proc/

Note

For details on using these performance tools, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Performance Tuning Guide and the man pages for these commands.
Red Hat logoGithubRedditYoutubeTwitter

Learn

Try, buy, & sell

Communities

About Red Hat Documentation

We help Red Hat users innovate and achieve their goals with our products and services with content they can trust.

Making open source more inclusive

Red Hat is committed to replacing problematic language in our code, documentation, and web properties. For more details, see the Red Hat Blog.

About Red Hat

We deliver hardened solutions that make it easier for enterprises to work across platforms and environments, from the core datacenter to the network edge.

© 2024 Red Hat, Inc.