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-====== vmstat ====== 
  
-This is just the man page snapshot for field description 
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-<code text> 
-FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR VM MODE 
-   Procs 
-       r: The number of processes waiting for run time. 
-       b: The number of processes in uninterruptible sleep. 
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-   ​Memory 
-       swpd: the amount of virtual memory used. 
-       free: the amount of idle memory. 
-       buff: the amount of memory used as buffers. 
-       ​cache:​ the amount of memory used as cache. 
-       ​inact:​ the amount of inactive memory. (-a option) 
-       ​active:​ the amount of active memory. (-a option) 
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-   Swap 
-       si: Amount of memory swapped in from disk (/s). 
-       so: Amount of memory swapped to disk (/s). 
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-   IO 
-       bi: Blocks received from a block device (blocks/s). 
-       bo: Blocks sent to a block device (blocks/s). 
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-   ​System 
-       in: The number of interrupts per second, including the clock. 
-       cs: The number of context switches per second. 
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-   CPU 
-       These are percentages of total CPU time. 
-       us: Time spent running non-kernel code. (user time, including nice time) 
-       sy: Time spent running kernel code. (system time) 
-       id: Time spent idle. Prior to Linux 2.5.41, this includes IO-wait time. 
-       wa: Time spent waiting for IO. Prior to Linux 2.5.41, included in idle. 
-       st: Time stolen from a virtual machine. Prior to Linux 2.6.11, unknown. 
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-FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR DISK MODE 
-   Reads 
-       ​total:​ Total reads completed successfully 
-       ​merged:​ grouped reads (resulting in one I/O) 
-       ​sectors:​ Sectors read successfully 
-       ms: milliseconds spent reading 
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-   ​Writes 
-       ​total:​ Total writes completed successfully 
-       ​merged:​ grouped writes (resulting in one I/O) 
-       ​sectors:​ Sectors written successfully 
-       ms: milliseconds spent writing 
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-   IO 
-       cur: I/O in progress 
-       s: seconds spent for I/O 
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-FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR DISK PARTITION MODE 
-       ​reads:​ Total number of reads issued to this partition 
-       read sectors: Total read sectors for partition 
-       ​writes : Total number of writes issued to this partition 
-       ​requested writes: Total number of write requests made for partition 
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-FIELD DESCRIPTION FOR SLAB MODE 
-       ​cache:​ Cache name 
-       num: Number of currently active objects 
-       ​total:​ Total number of available objects 
-       size: Size of each object 
-       ​pages:​ Number of pages with at least one active object 
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