mem.txt

127.0.0.1:6379> memory help
1) "MEMORY USAGE <key> [SAMPLES <count>] - Estimate memory usage of key"
2) "MEMORY OVERHEAD                      - Show memory usage details"

127.0.0.1:6379> memory overhead
 1) "total.allocated"
 2) (integer) 1014672
 3) "startup.allocated"
 4) (integer) 962496
 5) "replication.backlog"
 6) (integer) 0
 7) "clients.slaves"
 8) (integer) 0
 9) "clients.normal"
10) (integer) 32782
11) "aof.buffer"
12) (integer) 0
13) "db.0"
14) 1) "overhead.hashtable.main"
    2) (integer) 152
    3) "overhead.hashtable.expires"
    4) (integer) 32
15) "overhead.total"
16) (integer) 995462
17) "dataset"
18) (integer) 19210

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Given that overhead usually means an expense or cost, whats the reasoning for using memory overhead as the command rather than say memory usage ?