MemoryViewer

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For decades, memory management was limited to capacity and utilization monitoring. The advent of composable memory – software-defined capacity, performance, and availability – has created the need for greater visibility into memory resources.

MemVerge has responded by developing “MemoryViewer,” a Linux-based software designed to help system admins plan the lowest cost and highest performance memory configurations in support of modern workloads, as well as optimize and troubleshoot memory usage in running servers.

CentOS 7 & 8

Ubuntu or Debian

Container

MemVerge MemoryViewer Overview

MemoryViewer software gives system administrators comprehensive insight into the physical memory topology as well as the application memory utilization.

Memory topology and performance ensure configuration accuracy

Servers are often equipped with heterogeneous memory hardware, such as Intel Optane Pmem.  The DIMM layout and BIOS configurations on these servers can be complex and confusing.  With its intuitive graphical interface, MemoryViewer provides a real-time view of the memory configuration as well as the bandwidth of each type of memory hardware.

Memory Heatmap helps plan best DRAM & PMem mix

Many apps require large amounts of memory. However, they are often processing a tiny fraction of the data in memory at one time, leaving most of the reserved memory “cold.” These apps are prime candidates to take advantage of memory tiering where the cold data can be stored in lower cost PMem. This approach will save 30-40% in hardware cost with no impact on app performance. The Memory Heatmap displays the memory usage patterns and with this insight, system admins can identify opportunities to optimize the memory configurations that best support their workloads.

Ease of Installation and Use

MemoryViewer software is available in RPM or Debian (DEB) packages, and installation on your Linux system is straightforward. It supports both a self-explanatory GUI and CLI.

Analyze App Memory Usage Patterns to help optimize

MemVerge MemoryViewer shows the hot vs cold memory usages of applications so that system admins can determine the best memory configurations.
The MemoryViewer Memory Heatmap shows this workload only occasionally uses the memory capacity allocated. This workload is a perfect candidate for a tiered configuration of DRAM and PMem.

Shows what’s in DIMM slots & BIOS to assist configuration

MemVerge MemoryViewer reveals the physical layout of DIMM slots for each server socket, including where DRAM and PMem DIMMs are installed.

There are strict guidelines for where and how many DRAM and PMem DIMMs can be configured. There are also guidelines for BIOS settings that must be met. MemoryViewer allows sys admins to easily see if their system is configured correctly.

Visual information useful for troubleshooting quickly

MemVerge MemoryViewer can be a helpful troubleshooting tool with the ability to monitor the health and usage of your system memory, compiling a historical record of how applications are accessing memory, including allocating, writing, reading, and releasing memory pages.
MemoryViewer allows sys admins to correlate CPU utilization with read or write memory access, examine each module’s health and read-write bandwidth, and show a timeline of aggregate PMem and DRAM performance.

MemoryViewer Resources

Download Data Sheet

Download QuickStart Guide

Watch the MemoryViewer Demo Video

Help us Shape the Future of MemoryViewer

Our goal is to build and maintain the most advanced memory visualization tool on the planet. We need your help to make it happen.

You are invited to give us feedback about:

      • Memory visibility problems you’re experiencing and would like solved
      • Features you would like to see in MemoryViewer
      • Code that you would like to contribute to MemoryViewer
      • Your experience using MemoryViewer
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