Updated on 2025-11-19 GMT+08:00

Node.js Status Monitoring

This section describes the types, names, and meanings of Node.js status metrics collected by APM.

Table 1 Node.js status metrics

Category

Metric

Name

Description

Unit

Data Type

Default Aggregation Mode

cpu

total

Overall CPU Usage

Overall CPU usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

sys

System CPU Usage

System CPU usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

user

User CPU Usage

User CPU usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

nice

Nice CPU Usage

Nice CPU usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

irq

IRQ CPU Usage

IRQ CPU usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

Memory

total

Overall Memory Usage

Overall memory usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

rss

RSS Memory Usage

RSS memory usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

heapTotal

Total Heap Memory Usage

Total heap memory usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

heapUsed

Used Heap Memory Usage

Used heap memory usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

external

External Memory Usage

External memory usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

arrayBuffers

ArrayBuffers Memory Usage

ArrayBuffers memory usage

-

DOUBLE

AVG

Heap

newSpace

New Space

New space

MB

DOUBLE

AVG

oldSpace

Old Space

Old space

MB

DOUBLE

AVG

codeSpace

Code Space

Code space

MB

DOUBLE

AVG

mapSpace

Map Space

Map space

MB

DOUBLE

AVG

largeObjectSpace

Large Object Space

Large object space

MB

DOUBLE

AVG