How to view droplet's memory usage

September 25, 2014 28.3k views
sklajn
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sklajn

I am quite surprised there is no graph for memory usage within graphs section. Do I need to enable it somewhere or is it only available for certain price plans?

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AdamDima January 19, 2015 
sudo apt-get install htop

This way you will notice what programs is using most RAM.

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codygulley May 7, 2017

Hi all,
I had this same question. You can see how to enable more in-depth monitoring at the link below.

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-track-droplet-performance-with-digitalocean-droplet-graphs

This includes memory statistics.

How To Track Droplet Performance with DigitalOcean Droplet Graphs
by Melissa Anderson
Keeping an eye on your server's performance is important, and DigitalOcean provides Droplet graphs with up-to-the minute visualizations of how your server is performing over time. In this guide, we will review the graphs that are available by default, as well as additional...
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chatzilampros May 19, 2016

+1

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qiuyu8290 June 20, 2016

+1

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edo August 22, 2016

+1

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ramazandnmz September 19, 2016

+1

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osomne September 26, 2016

For such an important feature to not be included on the graphs page is very odd and inconvenient.

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starrychloe September 26, 2014

I asked them that too. They don’t provide a look inside the VPS. You have to run ‘free’ or 'top’ to get the free memory. I had my sysadmin set up 'sysstat’ and I can run 'sar -r’ to get a running history of memory usage. Sorry I don’t know how to set it up yet.

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  • hunky September 26, 2014

    I use the PuTTy and command

    free -m

    Also, my control panel, which is zPanel, comes with a web based GUI system to check, that is phpSysInfo..

  • sklajn September 27, 2014

    The problem with free -m is that it will only show me the current memory usage, I would much rather prefer to see usage’s history. I have one micro droplet with 512MB of memory, so it is quite crucial. I will have a look into systat, thanks.

  • syedsanahassan January 2, 2015

    @sklajn What tool did you use to monitor memory? Even I want to monitor my daily RAM usage and optimize my droplets. Though I use htop to figure memory out but I want to keep a history of memory being used every sec.

jlgoldb2 November 26, 2016

I also find the lack of a memory graph to be quite inconvenient.

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allanice001 December 4, 2016

To install sysstat on Ubuntu / Debian :::
apt install -y sysstat

Once complete - edit /etc/default/sysstat and set ENABLED=“true”
Also, in /etc/sysstat/sysstat change the SADC to “-S XALL” to collect all stats

Restart sysstat service

sysstat will now start collecting data

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info803166 September 19, 2017

is it possible to set up a different email for monitoring-alert than the default account alert?

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