Memcached memory usage

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Is there any command line or php script which returns the memcached total memory usage?

quanta · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-15 02:56:16Z

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As Mike said, you can look at the line including the "STAT bytes" to see memory usage:

$ echo "stats" | nc -w 1 <host> <port> | awk '$2 == "bytes" { print $2" "$3 }'

answered Nov 15 '10 at 2:56

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Leaving that for future reference: The default host/port is: 127.0.0.1:11211 – Moritur Feb 8 '17 at 12:25

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Mike · Accepted Answer · 2010-11-15 00:46:57Z

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memcache's default port is 11211 so if memcache is local

telnet localhost 11211

Then run the stats command and that will spit out memory usage

stats

answered Nov 15 '10 at 0:46

Mike

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Thanks for the telnet tip, but what should I really read in there? I see STAT bytes 9857275 STAT curr_items 43599 STAT total_items 1048925 and I have the impression that my memcached is never filling up... – Stefano Dec 6 '11 at 22:13
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STAT bytes is the line you are looking for total usage – Mike Dec 7 '11 at 2:19

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jaredsten · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-02 17:55:14Z

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I personally use PhpMemcacheAdmin

It creates an easy to use GUI. Of course you'll need to have PHP support.

answered Nov 2 '11 at 17:55

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DarckBlezzer · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-14 19:33:26Z

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Another alternative to answer @mike,

echo "stats" | nc localhost 11211
#or
echo "stats settings" | nc localhost 11211

answered Aug 14 '17 at 19:33

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