Configuring Displayed Metrics

The RDS Agent monitors RDS DB instances and collects monitoring metrics only.

Description

This section describes the RDS metrics that can be monitored by Cloud Eye as well as their namespaces and dimensions. You can use APIs provided by Cloud Eye to query the monitoring metrics and alarms generated for RDS.

Namespace

SYS.RDS

DB Instance Monitoring Metrics

Table 1 lists the performance metrics of MySQL databases.

Table 1 Database performance metrics

Metric

Name

Description

Value Range

Monitored Object

Monitoring Interval (Raw Data)

rds001_cpu_util

CPU Usage

CPU usage of the monitored object

0-100%

Monitored object: ECS

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds002_mem_util

Memory Usage

Memory usage of the monitored object

0-100%

Monitored object: ECS

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds003_iops

IOPS

Average number of I/O requests processed by the system in a specified period

>= 0 counts/s

Monitored object: ECS

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds004_bytes_in

Network Input Throughput

Incoming traffic in bytes per second

>= 0 bytes/s

Monitored object: ECS

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds005_bytes_out

Network Output Throughput

Outgoing traffic in bytes per second

>= 0 bytes/s

Monitored object: ECS

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds006_conn_count

Total Connections

Total number of connections that attempt to connect to the MySQL server

>= 0 counts

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds007_conn_active_count

Current Active Connections

Number of current active connections

>= 0 counts

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds008_qps

QPS

Query times of SQL statements (including stored procedures) per second

>= 0 queries/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds009_tps

TPS

Execution times of submitted and rollback transactions per second

>= 0 transactions/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds010_innodb_buf_usage

Buffer Pool Usage

Ratio of idle pages to the total number of buffer pool pages in the InnoDB buffer

0-1

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds011_innodb_buf_hit

Buffer Pool Hit Ratio

Ratio of read hits to read requests in the InnoDB buffer

0-1

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds012_innodb_buf_dirty

Buffer Pool Dirty Block Ratio

Ratio of dirty data to used pages in the InnoDB buffer

0-1

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds013_innodb_reads

InnoDB Read Throughput

Number of read bytes per second in the InnoDB buffer

>= 0 bytes/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds014_innodb_writes

InnoDB Write Throughput

Number of write bytes per second in the InnoDB buffer

>= 0 bytes/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds015_innodb_read_count

InnoDB File Read Frequency

Number of times that InnoDB reads data from files per second

>= 0 counts/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds016_innodb_write_count

InnoDB File Write Frequency

Number of times that InnoDB writes data to files per second

>= 0 counts/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds017_innodb_log_write_req_count

InnoDB Log Write Requests per Second

Number of InnoDB log write requests per second

>= 0 counts/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds018_innodb_log_write_count

InnoDB Log Physical Write Frequency

Number of InnoDB physical write times to log files per second

>= 0 counts/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds019_innodb_log_fsync_count

InnoDB Log fsync() Write Frequency

Number of completed fsync() write times to InnoDB log files per second

>= 0 counts/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds020_temp_tbl_count

Temporary Tables

Number of temporary tables automatically created on hard disks when MySQL statements are executed

>= 0 tables

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds021_myisam_buf_usage

Key Buffer Usage

MyISAM key buffer usage

0-1

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds022_myisam_buf_write_hit

Key Buffer Write Hit Ratio

MyISAM key buffer write hit ratio

0-1

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds023_myisam_buf_read_hit

Key Buffer Read Hit Ratio

MyISAM key buffer read hit ratio

0-1

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds024_myisam_disk_write_count

MyISAM Disk Write Frequency

Number of times that indexes are written to disks per second

>= 0 counts/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds025_myisam_disk_read_count

MyISAM Disk Read Frequency

Number of times that indexes are read from disks per second

>= 0 counts/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds026_myisam_buf_write_count

MyISAM Buffer Pool Write Requests per Second

Number of requests for writing indexes into the MyISAM buffer pool per second

>= 0 counts/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds027_myisam_buf_read_count

MyISAM Buffer Pool Read Requests per Second

Number of requests for reading indexes from the MyISAM buffer pool per second

>= 0 counts/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds028_comdml_del_count

DELETE Statements per Second

Number of DELETE statements executed per second

>= 0 queries/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds029_comdml_ins_count

INSERT Statements per Second

Number of INSERT statements executed per second

>= 0 queries/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds030_comdml_ins_sel_count

INSERT_SELECT Statements per Second

Number of INSERT_SELECT statements executed per second

>= 0 queries/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds031_comdml_rep_count

REPLACE Statements per Second

Number of REPLACE statements executed per second

>= 0 queries/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds032_comdml_rep_sel_count

REPLACE_SELECTION Statements per Second

Number of REPLACE_SELECTION statements executed per second

>= 0 queries/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds033_comdml_sel_count

SELECT Statements per Second

Number of SELECT statements executed per second

>= 0 queries/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds034_comdml_upd_count

UPDATE Statements per Second

Number of UPDATE statements executed per second

>= 0 queries/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds035_innodb_del_row_count

Row Delete Frequency

Number of rows deleted from the InnoDB table per second

>= 0 rows/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds036_innodb_ins_row_count

Row Insert Frequency

Number of rows inserted into the InnoDB table per second

>= 0 rows/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds037_innodb_read_row_count

Row Read Frequency

Number of rows read from the InnoDB table per second

>= 0 rows/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds038_innodb_upd_row_count

Row Update Frequency

Number of rows updated into the InnoDB table per second

>= 0 rows/s

Monitored object: database

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds039_disk_util

Storage Space Usage

Storage space usage of the monitored object

0-100%

Monitored object: ECS

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds047_disk_total_size

Total Storage Space

Total storage space of the monitored object

40-4,000 GB

Monitored object: ECS

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds048_disk_used_size

Used Storage Space

Used storage space of the monitored object

0-4,000 GB

Monitored object: ECS

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds049_disk_read_throughput

Disk Read Throughput

Number of bytes read from the disk per second

>= 0 bytes/s

Monitored object: ECS

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

rds050_disk_write_throughput

Disk Write Throughput

Number of bytes written into the disk per second

>= 0 bytes/s

Monitored object: ECS

Monitored instance type: MySQL instance

1 minute

Dimension

Key

Value

rds_instance_id

MySQL DB instance ID