fields.yml

- name: memcached.stats
  type: group
  fields:
    - name: pid
      type: long
      description: |
        Current process ID of the Memcached task.
    - name: uptime.sec
      type: long
      metric_type: gauge
      unit: s
      description: |
        Memcached server uptime.
    - name: threads
      type: long
      metric_type: counter
      description: |
        Number of threads used by the current Memcached server process.
    - name: connections.current
      type: long
      metric_type: counter
      description: |
        Number of open connections to this Memcached server, should be the same value on all servers during normal operation.
    - name: connections.total
      type: long
      metric_type: counter
      description: |
        Numer of successful connection attempts to this server since it has been started.
    - name: get.hits
      type: long
      metric_type: gauge
      description: |
        Cache HitRate: Its the ratio of number of successful "get" commands (cache hits) since startup and the "cmd_get" value.
    - name: get.misses
      type: long
      metric_type: counter
      description: |
        Number of failed "get" requests as nothing was cached for this key or the cached value was too old.
    - name: cmd.get
      type: long
      metric_type: counter
      description: |
        Number of "get" commands received since server startup not counting if they were successful or not.
    - name: cmd.set
      type: long
      metric_type: counter
      description: |
        Number of "set" commands serviced since server startup.
    - name: read.bytes
      type: long
      unit: byte
      metric_type: counter
      description: Total number of bytes received by the server from the network.
    - name: written.bytes
      type: long
      unit: byte
      metric_type: counter
      description: |
        Total number of bytes sent to the network by the server.
    - name: items.current
      type: long
      metric_type: gauge
      description: |
        Number of items currently in this server's cache.
    - name: items.total
      type: long
      metric_type: counter
      description: |
        Number of items ever stored on the server. The count increases by every new item stored in the cache.
    - name: evictions
      type: long
      metric_type: counter
      description: |
        Number of objects removed from the cache to free up memory for new items when Memcached reaches it's maximum memory setting (limit_maxbytes).
    - name: current.bytes
      type: long
      unit: byte
      metric_type: gauge
      description: Number of bytes currently used for caching items.
    - name: limit.bytes
      type: long
      unit: byte
      metric_type: gauge
      description: Number of bytes the server is allowed to use for storage.