diff --git a/source/reference/server-status.txt b/source/reference/server-status.txt index b4cad96b2a8..f4e8b4aaae0 100644 --- a/source/reference/server-status.txt +++ b/source/reference/server-status.txt @@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ mem .. status:: mem.virtual - :status:`mem.virtual` displays the quantity, in bytes, of virtual memory + :status:`mem.virtual` displays the quantity, in megabytes (MB), of virtual memory used by the :program:`mongod` process. In typical deployments this value is slightly larger than :status:`mem.mapped`. If this value is significantly (i.e. gigabytes) larger than :status:`mem.mapped`, @@ -428,10 +428,19 @@ mem .. status:: mem.mapped - The value of :status:`mem.mapped` provides the amount of mapped memory by + The value of :status:`mem.mapped` provides the amount of mapped memory, + in megabytes (MB), by the database. Because MongoDB uses memory-mapped files, this value is likely to be to be roughly equivalent to the total size of your database or databases. + +.. status:: mem.mappedWithJournal + + :status:`mem.mappedWithJournal` provides the amount of + mapped memory, in megabytes (MB), including the memory used for + journaling. + This value will always be twice the value of :status:`mem.mapped`. + This field is only included if journaling is enabled. .. _server-status-connections: