Relational Database Service (RDS) metrics
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. Ensure your cloud platform is configured in SolarWinds Observability to collect this service's data. See Add an AWS cloud account. CloudWatch metrics must also be enabled for this service in the AWS Console for the metric data to be available.
Many of the collected metrics from AWS RDS entities are displayed as widgets in SolarWinds Observability explorers; additional metrics may be collected and available in the Metrics Explorer. You can also create an alert for when an entity's metric value moves out of a specific range. See Entities in SolarWinds Observability for information about entity types in SolarWinds Observability.
The following table lists AWS.RDS in the search box.
| Metric | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
sw.metrics.healthscore |
Percent (%) |
Health score. A health score provides real-time insight into the overall health and performance of your monitored entities. The health score is calculated based on anomalies detected for the entity, alerts triggered for the entity's metrics, and the status of the entity. The health score is displayed as a single numerical value that ranges from a Good (70-100) to Moderate (40-69) to Bad (0-39) distinction. To view the health score for AWS RDS entities in the Metrics Explorer, filter the |
AWS.RDS.BinLogDiskUsage
|
Binary Bytes |
BinLogDiskUsage. The average amount of disk space occupied by binary logs. |
AWS.RDS.BurstBalance
|
Percent (%) |
BurstBalance. The average percent of General Purpose SSD (gp2) burst-bucket I/O credits available. |
AWS.RDS.CPUCreditBalance
|
Count |
CpuCreditBalance. The average number of earned CPU credits that an instance has accrued since it was launched or started. |
AWS.RDS.CPUCreditUsage
|
Count |
CpuCreditUsage. The average number of CPU credits spent by the instance for CPU utilization. |
AWS.RDS.CPUUtilization
|
Percent (%) |
CpuUtilization. The average percentage of CPU utilization. |
AWS.RDS.DatabaseConnections
|
Count |
DatabaseConnections. The total number of client network connections to the database instance. |
AWS.RDS.DiskQueueDepth
|
Count |
DiskQueueDepth. The average number of outstanding I/Os (read/write requests) waiting to access the disk. |
AWS.RDS.FreeStorageSpace
|
Binary Bytes |
FreeStorageSpace. The average amount of available storage space. |
AWS.RDS.FreeableMemory
|
Binary Bytes |
FreeableMemory. The average amount of available random access memory. |
AWS.RDS.MaximumUsedTransactionIDs
|
Count |
MaximumUsedTransactionIDs. The maximum transaction IDs that have been used. This metric applies to PostgreSQL. |
AWS.RDS.NetworkReceiveThroughput
|
NetworkReceiveThroughput. The average incoming (receive) network traffic on the DB instance, including both customer database traffic and Amazon RDS traffic used for monitoring and replication. |
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AWS.RDS.NetworkTransmitThroughput
|
NetworkTransmitThroughput. The average outgoing (transmit) network traffic on the DB instance, including both customer database traffic and Amazon RDS traffic used for monitoring and replication. |
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AWS.RDS.OldestReplicationSlotLag
|
Megabytes |
OldestReplicationSlotLag. The average lagging size of the replica lagging the most in terms of write-ahead log (WAL) data received. This metric applies to PostgreSQL. |
AWS.RDS.ReadIOPS
|
ReadIOPS. The average number of disk read I/O operations per second. |
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AWS.RDS.ReadLatency
|
seconds (s) |
Readlatency. The average amount of time taken per disk I/O operation. |
AWS.RDS.ReadThroughput
|
ReadThroughput. The average number of bytes read from disk per second. |
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AWS.RDS.ReplicaLag
|
seconds (s) |
ReplicaLag. For read replica configurations, the average amount of time a read replica DB instance lags behind the source DB instance. |
AWS.RDS.ReplicationSlotDiskUsage
|
Megabytes |
ReplicationSlotDiskUsage. The average disk space used by replication slot files. This metric applies to PostgreSQL. |
AWS.RDS.SwapUsage
|
Binary Bytes |
SwapUsage. The average amount of swap space used on the DB instance. This metric is not available for SQL Server. |
AWS.RDS.TransactionLogsDiskUsage
|
Megabytes |
TransactionLogsDiskUsage. The average disk space used by transaction logs. This metric applies to PostgreSQL. |
AWS.RDS.TransactionLogsGeneration
|
TransactionLogsGeneration. The average size of transaction logs generated per second. This metric applies to PostgreSQL. |
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AWS.RDS.WriteIOPS
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WriteIOPS. The average number of disk write I/O operations per second. |
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AWS.RDS.WriteLatency
|
seconds (s) |
WriteLatency. The average amount of time taken per disk I/O operation. |
AWS.RDS.WriteThroughput
|
WriteThroughput. The average number of bytes written to disk per second. |