Viewing metrics in the Amazon RDS console
Amazon RDS integrates with Amazon CloudWatch to display a variety of Aurora DB cluster metrics in the RDS console. Some metrics are apply at the cluster level, whereas others apply at the instance level. For descriptions of the instance-level and cluster-level metrics, see Metrics reference for Amazon Aurora.
For your Aurora DB cluster, the following categories of metrics are monitored:
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CloudWatch – Shows the Amazon CloudWatch metrics for Aurora 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 Aurora.
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Enhanced monitoring – Shows a summary of operating-system metrics when your Aurora DB cluster 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 cluster.
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Performance Insights – Opens the Amazon RDS Performance Insights dashboard for a DB instance in your Aurora DB cluster. Performance Insights isn't supported at the cluster level. For an overview of Performance Insights, see Monitoring DB load with Amazon CloudWatch Database Insights on Amazon Aurora. For a list of Performance Insights metrics, see Amazon CloudWatch metrics for Amazon RDS Performance Insights.
Amazon RDS now provides a consolidated view of Performance Insights and CloudWatch metrics in the Performance Insights dashboard. Performance Insights must be turned on for your DB cluster to use this view. You can choose the new monitoring view in the Monitoring tab or Performance Insights in the navigation pane. To view the instructions for choosing this view, see Database Insights.