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haeoraki_127471
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Apr 09, 2004

What does "GLOBAL_STATISTIC_MEM_POOL_TOTAL" mean?

At ITCMLocalLB.Global.GlobalStatisticType, I can see like this :

 

GLOBAL_STATISTIC_MEM_POOL_TOTAL 32 The total memory available (90 percent of actual memory).

 

GLOBAL_STATISTIC_MEM_POOL_USED 33 The total memory in use.

 

 

What does "actual memory" mean? Pool is group of nodes. Therefore does "actual memory" mean sum of each nodes?
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  • Joe_Pruitt's avatar
    Joe_Pruitt
    Apr 09, 2004
    The use of POOL in these statistics doesn't have anything to do with a load balancing pool. This pool refers to BIG-IP's internal memory pool. The GLOBAL_STATISTIC_MEM_POOL_TOTAL is the total amount of memory BIG-IP has in it's working set to store configurations and the connection state table. The GLOBAL_STATISTIC_MEM_POOL_USED is the amount of that total that is currently in use.

     

     

    When the documentation says that the total value is 90 percent of acutal memory, actual means the total amount of physical memory on the device.

     

     

    -Joe