VM_STAT(1) BSD General Commands Manual VM_STAT(1)
NAME
vm_stat -- show Mach virtual memory statistics
SYNOPSIS
vm_stat [interval]
DESCRIPTION
vm_stat displays Mach virtual memory statistics. If the optional interval is specified, then vm_stat
will display the statistics every interval seconds. In this case, each line of output displays the
change in each statistic (an interval count of 1 displays the values per second). However, the first
line of output following each banner displays the system-wide totals for each statistic. The following
values are displayed:
Pages free
the total number of free pages in the system.
Pages active
the total number of pages currently in use and pageable.
Pages inactive
the total number of pages on the inactive list.
Pages wired down
the total number of pages wired down. That is, pages that cannot be paged out.
Translation faults
the number of times the "vm_fault" routine has been called.
Pages copy-on-write
the number of faults that caused a page to be copied (generally caused by copy-on-write
faults).
Pages zero filled
the total number of pages that have been zero-filled on demand.
Pages reactivated
the total number of pages that have been moved from the inactive list to the active list (reac-tivated). (reactivated).
tivated).
Pageins
the number of requests for pages from a pager (such as the inode pager).
Pageouts
the number of pages that have been paged out.
If interval is not specified, then vm_stat displays all accumulated statistics along with the page size
and the object cache performance.
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