Host health performance metrics

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title: Host health performance metrics
description: The metrics provide the host health performance snapshot within the ServiceNow AI Platform.
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# Host health performance metrics

The metrics provide the host health performance snapshot within the ServiceNow AI Platform®.

## Memory

-   **meminfo\_memavailable**

    An estimate of how much memory is available for starting new applications, without swapping.

-   **mem\_total**

    Total usable RAM.

-   **mem\_free**

    The amount of physical RAM, in kilobytes, left unused by the system.

-   **mem\_buffer**

    Relatively temporary storage for raw disk blocks.

-   **mem\_cache**

    In-memory cache for files read from the disk.

-   **mem\_swap**

    Used when the amount of physical memory \(RAM\) is full.


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