[PerfCounters] Available memory metric does not match system values

[markwolff]

ApplicationInsights-node.js/AutoCollection/Performance.ts

Line 230 in 439bd18

this._client.trackMetric({name: Constants.PerformanceCounter.AVAILABLE_BYTES, value: freeMem});

AVAILABLE_MEMORY metric is calculated with os.fremem(), which is not equivalent to available memory. An investigation should be done on how to properly measure and track this metric

[xiao-lix]

Did some investigation and the os.freemem() does return the equivalent value with available memory.

Available physical memory = Standby + Free
Reference: link1, link2

os.freemem returns memory_status.ullAvailPhys = Standby + Free + Zero

What is ullAvailPhys:
The amount of physical memory currently available, in bytes. This is the amount of physical memory that can be immediately reused without having to write its contents to disk first. It is the sum of the size of the standby, free, and zero lists.

[xiao-lix]

The above analysis is for Windows.

Adding more context to the issue :