System:getSystemInfo

Method

Purpose

This method (on HP-UX) returns information that pertains to multi-tasking process management by the system, including process swapping and run queuing. It also returns information on memory use (real and virtual).

Type

Synchronous, IMPACT_INFO.

Arguments

None.

Returns

 

Name

Type

Description

Up Time

Integer

System up time in seconds

Real Memory

Long

Total physical memory in KBytes

Free Memory

Long

Total free memory in KBytes

% Free Real Memory

Integer

Percent of the Free Real Memory

Processors

Integer

Number of active processors

Run Queue Size

Integer

Length of run queue

Disk Wait

Integer

Jobs in disk wait

Page Wait

Integer

Jobs in page wait

Sleeping

Integer

Jobs sleeping in core

Swapped Out

Integer

Swapped out runnable jobs

Avg Running

Double

Avg Running (1 min)

Avg Running (5 min)

Double

Avg Running (5 min)

Avg Running 15 min)

Double

Avg Running (15 min)

% User Time

Integer

Percent of the time currently run processes execute in user mode

% System Time

Integer

Percent of the time currently run processes execute in kernel mode

% Time Idle

Integer

Percent of the time wait process is the currently- running process

% Time Wait

Integer

Percent of the time currently-running processes wait for block I/O to complete

Context Switches

Integer

Number of context switches

Device Interrupts

Integer

Number of device interrupts