detkit.Memory.info#

static Memory.info()#

Inquiry memory information.

Returns:
mem_info

A dictionary containing the following keys:

  • 'total': total memory in bytes

  • 'used': used memory.

  • 'available': available memory.

  • 'allocatable': allocatable memory in bytes

See also

detkit.Disk.partition_info
detkit.get_processor_name

Notes

Allocatable memory is obtained by the difference of total and used memory. Used memory is obtaiend as the summ of all RSS for all processes. This is a similar apporach that top and htop report.

Examples

>>> from detkit import Memory, human_readable_mem
>>> mem_info = Memory.info()

>>> # total memory
>>> print(human_readable_mem(mem_info['total']))
15.6 (GB)

>>> # used memory
>>> print(human_readable_mem(mem_info['used']))
4.28 (GB)

>>> # allocatable memory
>>> print(human_readable_mem(mem_info['allocatable']))
9.24 (GB)