documentation changes for fluent/fluent-bit#3092

fopina · Feb 19, 2021 · aa9156a · aa9156a
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 # Memory Metrics
 
-The **mem** input plugin, gathers the information about the memory and swap usage of the running system every certain interval of time and reports the total amount of memory and the amount of free available.
+The **mem** input plugin, gathers the information about the memory and swap usage of the running system every certain interval of time and reports the total, buffer and free memory (as reported by [sysinfo](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/sysinfo.2.html)) and the memory available and cached (as reported by `/proc/meminfo`).
 
 ## Getting Started
 
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 * https://fluentbit.io
 
 [2017/03/03 21:12:35] [ info] [engine] started
-[0] memory: [1488543156, {"Mem.total"=>1016044, "Mem.used"=>841388, "Mem.free"=>174656, "Swap.total"=>2064380, "Swap.used"=>139888, "Swap.free"=>1924492}]
-[1] memory: [1488543157, {"Mem.total"=>1016044, "Mem.used"=>841420, "Mem.free"=>174624, "Swap.total"=>2064380, "Swap.used"=>139888, "Swap.free"=>1924492}]
-[2] memory: [1488543158, {"Mem.total"=>1016044, "Mem.used"=>841420, "Mem.free"=>174624, "Swap.total"=>2064380, "Swap.used"=>139888, "Swap.free"=>1924492}]
-[3] memory: [1488543159, {"Mem.total"=>1016044, "Mem.used"=>841420, "Mem.free"=>174624, "Swap.total"=>2064380, "Swap.used"=>139888, "Swap.free"=>1924492}]
+[0] memory: [1488543156, {"Mem.total"=>2037988, "Mem.used"=>1890616, "Mem.free"=>147372, "Mem.available"=>1236028, "Mem.buffer"=>92020, "Mem.cache"=>1374616}]
+[1] memory: [1488543157, {"Mem.total"=>2037988, "Mem.used"=>1890616, "Mem.free"=>147372, "Mem.available"=>1236028, "Mem.buffer"=>92020, "Mem.cache"=>1374616}]
+[2] memory: [1488543158, {"Mem.total"=>2037988, "Mem.used"=>1890616, "Mem.free"=>147372, "Mem.available"=>1236028, "Mem.buffer"=>92020, "Mem.cache"=>1374616}]
+[3] memory: [1488543159, {"Mem.total"=>2037988, "Mem.used"=>1890616, "Mem.free"=>147372, "Mem.available"=>1236028, "Mem.buffer"=>92020, "Mem.cache"=>1374616}]
 ```
 
 ### Configuration File