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box.runtime.info()

box.runtime.info()

Show runtime memory usage report in bytes.

The runtime memory encompasses internal Lua memory as well as the runtime arena. The Lua memory stores Lua objects. The runtime arena stores Tarantool-specific objects – for example, runtime tuples, network buffers and other objects associated with the application server subsystem.

Returns

none

  • lua is the size of the Lua heap that is controlled by the Lua garbage collector.
  • maxalloc is the maximum size of the runtime memory.
  • used is the current number of bytes used by the runtime memory.

Return type

table

Example:

tarantool> box.runtime.info()---- lua: 913710  maxalloc: 4398046510080  used: 12582912...tarantool> box.runtime.info().used---- used: 12582912...