Memcached plugin


This plugin

 collects performance metrics from a memcached instance.

Prerequisites

Meter version 4.2 or later must be installed.

The Memcached plugin supports the following Operating Systems.

Linux

✅️

Windows

✅️

OS X

✅️

To install the plugin

  1. From the top right of the screen, perform one of the following actions:
    • Click Settings > Data Collection, select the TrueSight meter, and select the Sources tab.
    • Click Settings > Configure Sources.
  2. Use the search box or scroll through the page to find the source system which has the TrueSight meter on which you want to install the plugin.
  3. Click the name of the source to view source details.
  4. Select the Plugins tab.
  5. Use the search box or scroll through the page to find the plugin you want to install.
  6. Click + Install to start the installation.

    Refer to the following sections for the configuration details required to collect data and view the list of plugin metrics.

Configuration details

Field Name

Description

Host

The Memcached hostname.

Port

The Memcached port.

Poll Interval

How often (in milliseconds) to poll for metrics

Source

The source to display in the legend for the Memcached data.

Information
Advanced configuration

To customize this plugin, see Memcached plugin on GitHub.

Plugin metrics

Metric Name

Description

Memcached Allocated

Percent of available memory used

Memcached Connections

Number of current connections

Memcached Hits

Number of cache hits

Memcached Misses

Number of cache misses

Memcached Items

Total number of items in cache

Memcached Requests

Number of requests

Memcached Network In

Number of bytes read from network

Memcached Network Out

Number of bytes written to network

 

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