memory usage
$ free -m
I have 12G RAM on this box
Code:
barry@paragon-DS-7:~$ free -m
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 12015 3467 4422 161 4124 8020
Swap: 4093 0 4093
That takes a few milliseconds to run in ssh
Or. you can run this -- repeats the command every 15 seconds and dates and logs the results.
Code:
$ while sleep 15; do date >>my.log; free -m >> my.log; done
will print the data to your screen.
or learn how to use the top command and sort your processes.
in ssh/terminal
'q' to exit the manual [quits]
In the host's dashboard there are usage graphs.