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CloudWatch metrics

For detailed description of the CloudWatch metrics please look here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/rds-metrics.html

Metric CloudWatch Metric CloudWatch Statistic / Custom statistic
aws_rds_cpu_utilization CPUUtilization average
aws_rds_freeable_memory FreeableMemory average
aws_rds_free_storage_space FreeStorageSpace average
aws_rds_database_connections DatabaseConnections average
aws_rds_write_iops WriteIOPS average
aws_rds_read_iops ReadIOPS average
aws_rds_bin_log_disk_usage BinLogDiskUsage average
aws_rds_burst_balance BurstBalance average
aws_rds_cpu_credit_usage CPUCreditUsage average
aws_rds_cpu_credit_balance CPUCreditBalance average
aws_rds_disk_queue_depth DiskQueueDepth average
aws_rds_failed_sql_server_agent_jobs_count FailedSQLServerAgentJobsCount average
aws_rds_maximum_used_transaction_ids MaximumUsedTransactionIDs average
aws_rds_network_receive_throughput NetworkReceiveThroughput average
aws_rds_network_transmit_throughput NetworkTransmitThroughput average
aws_rds_oldest_replication_slot_lag OldestReplicationSlotLag average
aws_rds_read_latency ReadLatency average
aws_rds_read_throughput ReadThroughput average
aws_rds_replica_lag ReplicaLag average
aws_rds_replication_slot_disk_usage ReplicationSlotDiskUsage average
aws_rds_swap_usage SwapUsage average
aws_rds_transaction_logs_disk_usage TransactionLogsDiskUsage average
aws_rds_transaction_logs_generation TransactionLogsGeneration average
aws_rds_write_latency WriteLatency average
aws_rds_write_throughput WriteThroughput average
aws_rds_db_load DBLoad average
aws_rds_db_load_cpu DBLoadCPU average
aws_rds_db_load_non_cpu DBLoadNonCPU average

RDS Enhanced Monitoring metrics

For the AWS guidance on RDS Enhanced Monitoring look here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Monitoring.OS.overview.html

For Enhanced Monitoring metrics details look here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/USER_Monitoring-Available-OS-Metrics.html

Metric JSON metric key AWS Console metric name
aws_rds_cpu_usage_total cpuUtilization.total CPU Total
aws_rds_cpu_usage_guest cpuUtilization.guest CPU Guest
aws_rds_cpu_usage_system cpuUtilization.system CPU System
aws_rds_cpu_usage_idle cpuUtilization.idle CPU Idle
aws_rds_cpu_usage_user cpuUtilization.user CPU User
aws_rds_average_load_per_1_min loadAverageMinute.one Load Avg 1 min
aws_rds_average_load_per_5_min loadAverageMinute.five Load Avg 5 min
aws_rds_average_load_per_15_min loadAverageMinute.fifteen Load Avg 15 min
aws_rds_swap_total swap.swap Swap
aws_rds_swap_free swap.free Free Swap
aws_rds_net_bytes_recv network.rx RX
aws_rds_net_bytes_sent network.tx TX
aws_rds_file_sys_used fileSys.used Used Filesystem
aws_rds_file_sys_total fileSys.total Total Filesystem
aws_rds_memory_total memory.total Total Memory
aws_rds_memory_free memory.free Free Memory