# Questions about the system.memory field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-the-system-memory-field/320984>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** metricbeat\
**Created:** [December 12, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-the-system-memory-field/320984 "2022-12-12T02:08:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![inwoox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/inwoox/32/110463_2.png) [@inwoox](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/inwoox)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-the-system-memory-field/320984/1 "2022-12-12T02:08:35Z")

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As the number in this field increased,  
the memory usage increased significantly with it.  
what is this?

system.memory.page\_stats.pgsteal\_direct.pages

system.memory.page\_stats.pgscan\_direct.pages

Thank you always.

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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:** [January 9, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/questions-about-the-system-memory-field/320984/2 "2023-01-09T04:09:30Z")

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