System Administration Guide, Volume 2

How to Display Cache Flushing Statistics (vmstat -c)

Run vmstat -c to show cache flushing statistics for a virtual cache.


$ vmstat -c
usr     ctx     rgn     seg     pag     par
  0   60714       5  134584 4486560 4718054

It shows the total number of cache flushes since the last boot. The cache types are described in the table below.

Table 36-3 Output From the vmstat -c Command

Cache Name 

Cache Type 

usr

User 

ctx

Context 

rgn

Region 

seg

Segment 

pag

Page 

par

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