Updated on 2026-05-26 GMT+08:00

Basic EVS Monitoring Data

Description

This section describes monitored metrics reported by EVS to Cloud Eye as well as their namespaces and dimensions. You can use the console or APIs provided by Cloud Eye to query the metrics of the monitored objects and alarms generated for EVS. For how to configure alarm rules, see Setting Alarm Rules.

Namespace

SYS.EVS

Metrics

If you find that your disk throughput or IOPS is high or exceeds the upper limit, you are advised to change the disk to a type with high specifications by referring to Changing the EVS Disk Type (OBT). To learn more about disk types and performance, see Disk Types and Performance.

Table 1 EVS metrics

Metric ID

Metric Name

Description

Value Range

Unit

Conversion Rule

Dimension

Monitoring Period (Raw Data)

disk_device_read_bytes_rate

Disk Read Bandwidth

Number of bytes read from the monitored disk per second

≥ 0

bytes/s

1024 (IEC)

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_write_bytes_rate

Disk Write Bandwidth

Number of bytes written to the monitored disk per second

≥ 0

bytes/s

1024 (IEC)

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_read_requests_rate

Disk Read IOPS

Number of read requests sent to the monitored disk per second

≥ 0

requests/s

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_write_requests_rate

Disk Write IOPS

Number of write requests sent to the monitored disk per second

≥ 0

requests/s

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_queue_length

Average Queue Length

Average number of read or write requests waiting for processing in the monitoring period for the monitored disk

≥ 0

count

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_io_util

Disk I/O Utilization

Percentage of time the monitored disk was performing read or write operations in the monitoring period

0-100

%

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_write_bytes_per_operation

Avg Disk Bytes Per Write

Average number of bytes transmitted per I/O write for the monitored disk in the monitoring period

≥ 0

KB/op

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_read_bytes_per_operation

Avg Disk Bytes Per Read

Average number of bytes transmitted per I/O read for the monitored disk in the monitoring period

≥ 0

KB/op

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_write_await

Disk Write Await

Average await time per I/O write for the monitored disk in the monitoring period

≥ 0

ms/op

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_read_await

Disk Read Await

Average await time per I/O read for the monitored disk in the monitoring period

≥ 0

ms/op

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_io_svctm

Disk I/O Service Time

Average service time per I/O read or write for the monitored disk in the monitoring period

≥ 0

ms/op

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (instantaneous value at the collection point)a

disk_device_io_iops_qos_num

IOPS Limit Reachedc

Whether the IOPS of the monitored disk has reached the upper limit

≥ 0

count

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (accumulated value)b

disk_device_io_iobw_qos_num

Bandwidth Limit Reachedc

Whether the bandwidth of the monitored disk has reached the upper limit

≥ 0

count

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutes (accumulated value)b

disk_bandwidth_limit

Disk Read/Write Bandwidth Limit

Maximum number of bytes that can be read from and written to the monitored disk per second

≥ 0

bytes/s

1024 (IEC)

EVS disk

5 minutesd

disk_iops_limit

Disk Read/Write IOPS Limit

Maximum number of read and write requests that the monitored disk can handle per second

≥ 0

requests/s

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutesd

disk_bandwidth_usage_percent

Disk Read/Write Bandwidth Usage

Percentage of the total bytes read from and written to the monitored disk per second relative to its read/write bandwidth limit

≥ 0

%

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutesd

disk_iops_usage_percent

Disk Read/Write IOPS Usage

Percentage of the total read and write requests sent to the monitored disk per second relative to its read/write IOPS limit

≥ 0

%

N/A

EVS disk

5 minutesd

a: Because metric collection precision has been improved, some regions now use a 1-minute collection period (based on the average value of the collection points). The actual collection interval takes precedence.

b: Because metric collection precision has been improved, some regions now use a 1-minute collection period (based on the Boolean value). The actual collection interval takes precedence.

c: If the disk QoS limit or the server QoS is reached, the monitoring system considers the upper limit reached. For details about QoS limits, see Instance QoS.

d: This capability is supported in certain regions. Because metric collection precision has been improved, some regions now use a 1-minute collection period. The actual collection interval takes precedence.

Viewing Monitoring Data

  1. Sign in to the EVS console.
  2. Choose Storage > Elastic Volume Service.

    The Elastic Volume Service page is displayed.

  3. In the EVS disk list, click the name of the disk for which you want to view monitoring data.

    The disk details page is displayed.

  4. On the Servers tab, locate the row that contains the server and click View Metric in the Operation column.

    The Monitoring Metrics page is displayed.

  5. View the disk monitoring data by metric or monitored duration.

Dimension

Key

Value

disk_name

  • ECS ID-Drive letter, for example, 6f3c6f91-4b24-4e1b-b7d1-a94ac1cb011d-vda (vda is the drive letter). It is suitable for KVM ECSs.
  • ECS ID-volume-Disk ID, for example, 6f3c6f91-4b24-4e1b-b7d1-a94ac1cb011d-volume-31f45764-38b3-44ad-aaca-4015c83371e6

    Volume ID. It is suitable for QingTian ECSs.

    You can obtain the ECS ID, volume ID, and drive letter by referring to Querying Details of a Single Disk Attached to an ECS.