[Question] Is RAM percentage displayed on dashboard based on available or free RAM

[Buco7854]

Sometimes RAM is being used for cache and can appear as RAM being used when its actually available (can see that using free -h). Does SquirelServersManager display the RAM actually being used or does it exclude "Cached RAM".

[SquirrelDeveloper]

Hi @Buco7854 - As far I can tell, the lib node-os-utils call /prod/meminfo
total mem available is computed as follow :

memInfo['MemFree'] + memInfo['Buffers'] + memInfo['Cached'] + memInfo['SReclaimable'] - memInfo['Shmem'];

then mem % :

var freeMemPercentage = parseFloat((100 * (freeMem / totalMem)).toFixed(2))

with freeMem being from the default os node package https://nodejs.org/api/os.html#osfreemem

[SquirrelDeveloper]

We may change that by using a better maintain package, systeminformation, that does offer the possibility to exclude swap
https://systeminformation.io/memory.html

[Buco7854]

I see, just wanted to know regarding the stats I had.

That would be awesome but not like it's a priority.

Thank you.

[SquirrelDeveloper]

Added to backlog #101