Configuring Displayed Metrics

Description

This section describes the 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 RDS for PostgreSQL DB instances.

  Table 1 Performance metrics

  Metric ID	Name	Description	Value Range	Monitored Object	Monitoring Interval (Raw Data)
  rds001_cpu_util	CPU Usage	CPU usage of the monitored object	0-100%	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds002_mem_util	Memory Usage	Memory usage of the monitored object	0-100%	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  read_count_per_second	Read IOPS	Average number of read I/O requests processed by the system in a specified period	counts	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  write_count_per_second	Write IOPS	Average number of write I/O requests processed by the system in a specified period	counts	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds004_bytes_in	Network Input Throughput	Incoming traffic in bytes per second	≥ 0 bytes/s	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds005_bytes_out	Network Output Throughput	Outgoing traffic in bytes per second	≥ 0 bytes/s	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds039_disk_util	Storage Space Usage	Storage space usage of the monitored object	0-100%	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds040_transaction_logs_usage	Transaction Logs Usage	Storage space usage of transaction logs	≥ 0 MB	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds041_replication_slot_usage	Replication Slot Usage	Storage space usage of replication slot files	≥ 0 MB	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds042_database_connections	Database Connections in Use	Number of database connections in use	≥ 0 counts	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds043_maximum_used_transaction_ids	Maximum Used Transaction IDs	Maximum number of transaction IDs that have been used	≥ 0 counts	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds044_transaction_logs_generations	Transaction Logs Generation	Size of transaction logs generated per second	≥ 0 MB/s	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds045_oldest_replication_slot_lag	Oldest Replication Slot Lag	Lagging size of the most lagging replica in terms of WAL data received	≥ 0 MB	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds046_replication_lag	Replication Lag	Replication lag	≥ 0 ms	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds047_disk_total_size	Total Storage Space	Total storage space of the monitored object	40–4,000 GB	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds048_disk_used_size	Used Storage Space	Used storage space of the monitored object	0–4,000 GB	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds049_disk_read_throughput	Disk Read Throughput	Number of bytes read from the disk per second	≥ 0 bytes/s	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute
  rds050_disk_write_throughput	Disk Write Throughput	Number of bytes written into the disk per second	≥ 0 bytes/s	RDS for PostgreSQL instance	1 minute

Dimension