System Administration Guide: Advanced Administration

How to Display Cache Flushing Statistics (vmstat -c)

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


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

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

Table 24–3 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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