# Metricbeat.system.memory fields are sending incorrect values

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-system-memory-fields-are-sending-incorrect-values/266973>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [March 11, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-system-memory-fields-are-sending-incorrect-values/266973 "2021-03-11T16:08:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ishaan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Ishaan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ishaan)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-system-memory-fields-are-sending-incorrect-values/266973/1 "2021-03-11T16:08:38Z")

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It seems metricbeat system memory module is sending used memory value into free memory and free memory into used.

For example:  
System.memory.total = 29320122368  
system.memory.free = 280305664  
system.memory. used = 29039816704

However, when I checked my linux machine, free memory is equivalent to used memory above and used memory is equivalent to free memory.  
system.memory.free = 29039816704  
system.memory. used = 280305664

Could someone guide me here as this is happening for all linux machines?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/metricbeat-system-memory-fields-are-sending-incorrect-values/266973/2 "2021-04-08T18:09:03Z")

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