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PMDAZSWAP(1)             General Commands Manual             PMDAZSWAP(1)

NAME         top

       pmdazswap - zswap (compressed swap) PMDA

DESCRIPTION         top

       pmdazswap is a Performance Metrics Domain Agent (PMDA) which
       exports metric values about compressed swap operation, as tracked
       by the zswap Linux kernel module.

       Zswap is a lightweight compressed cache for swap pages.  It takes
       pages that are in the process of being swapped out and attempts to
       compress them into a dynamically allocated RAM-based memory pool.
       Zswap trades CPU cycles for potentially reduced swap I/O.  This
       tradeoff can also result in a performance improvement if reads
       from the compressed cache are faster than reads from a swap
       device.

       This PMDA exports metrics about pool size, number of pages stored,
       and various counters for the reasons pages are rejected.

INSTALLATION         top

       Install the zswap PMDA by using the Install script as root:

           # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/zswap
           # ./Install

       To uninstall, do the following as root:

           # cd $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/zswap
           # ./Remove

       pmdazswap is launched by pmcd(1) and should never be executed
       directly. The Install and Remove scripts notify pmcd(1) when the
       agent is installed or removed.

FILES         top

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/zswap/Install
           installation script for the pmdazswap agent

       $PCP_PMDAS_DIR/zswap/Remove
           undo installation script for the pmdazswap agent

       $PCP_LOG_DIR/pmcd/zswap.log
           default log file for error messages from pmdazswap

PCP ENVIRONMENT         top

       Environment variables with the prefix PCP_ are used to
       parameterize the file and directory names used by PCP. On each
       installation, the file /etc/pcp.conf contains the local values for
       these variables.  The $PCP_CONF variable may be used to specify an
       alternative configuration file, as described in pcp.conf(5).

SEE ALSO         top

       PCPIntro(1) and pmcd(1).

COLOPHON         top

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