Viewing metrics in the Amazon RDS console
Amazon RDS integrates with Amazon CloudWatch to display a variety of RDS DB instance metrics in the RDS console. For descriptions of these metrics, see Metrics reference for Amazon RDS.
For your DB instance, the following categories of metrics are monitored:
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CloudWatch – Shows the Amazon CloudWatch metrics for RDS that you can access in the RDS console. You can also access these metrics in the CloudWatch console. Each metric includes a graph that shows the metric monitored over a specific time span. For a list of CloudWatch metrics, see Amazon CloudWatch metrics for Amazon RDS.
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Enhanced monitoring – Shows a summary of operating-system metrics when your RDS DB instance has turned on Enhanced Monitoring. RDS delivers the metrics from Enhanced Monitoring to your Amazon CloudWatch Logs account. Each OS metric includes a graph showing the metric monitored over a specific time span. For an overview, see Monitoring OS metrics with Enhanced Monitoring. For a list of Enhanced Monitoring metrics, see OS metrics in Enhanced Monitoring.
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OS Process list – Shows details for each process running in your DB instance.
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Database Insights – Opens the Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights dashboard for a DB instance. For an overview, see Monitoring DB load with Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights on Amazon RDS. For a list of metrics, see Amazon CloudWatch metrics for Amazon RDS Performance Insights.
Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights provides a consolidated view of database load and CloudWatch metrics for your DB instance. For more information, see Monitoring Amazon RDS databases with CloudWatch Database Insights.