(as compared to Bytes/s in Amazon CloudWatch), which is a more relevant unit for the typical storage
space of a node.
• Performance data for the nodes of a cluster can easily be displayed together on the same graph so
that you can easily monitor the performance of all nodes of a cluster; however, you can also view
performance data per node.
Amazon Redshift provides performance data (both Amazon CloudWatch metrics and query and load
data) at no additional charge. Performance data is recorded every minute. You can access historical
values of performance data in the Amazon Redshift console. For detailed information about using Amazon
CloudWatch to access the Amazon Redshift performance data that is exposed as Amazon CloudWatch
metrics, go to the
Introduction to Amazon CloudWatch
in the Amazon CloudWatch Developer Guide.
Summary of Amazon Redshift Performance Data
Amazon Redshift CloudWatch Metrics
Amazon Redshift CloudWatch metrics enable you to get information about your cluster's health and
performance, and to drill down and see that information at the node level. When working with these
metrics, you should keep in mind that each metric has one or more dimensions associated with it that tell
you what the metric is applicable to, that is the scope of the metric. Amazon Redshift has the following
two dimensions:
• Metrics that have a
NodeID
dimension are metrics that provide performance data for nodes of a cluster.
This includes leader and compute nodes. Examples of these metrics include
CPUUtilization
,
ReadIOPS
,
WriteIOPS
.
• Metrics that have just a
ClusterIdentifier
dimension are metrics that provide performance data
for clusters. Examples of these metrics include
HealthStatus
and
MaintenanceMode
.
Note
In some metric cases, a cluster-specific metric represents an aggregation of node behavior
and care must be taken in the interpretation of the metric value because the leader node's
behavior is aggregated with the compute node.
For more information about Amazon CloudWatch metrics and dimensions, go to
Amazon CloudWatch
Concepts
in the Amazon CloudWatch Developer Guide.
The following table describes all the metrics available for you to use.
Description
Metric
The percentage of CPU utilization. For the clusters, this metric represents an
aggregation of all nodes (leader and compute) CPU utilization values.
Units: Percent
Dimension: node (leader and compute), cluster
CPUUtilization
The number of database connections to a cluster.
Units: Count
Dimension: cluster
DatabaseConnections
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