Managed Databases metrics and dimensions

This topic describes the metrics and dimensions available for Databases.

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Metrics are currently available in limited availability for the Databases service.

Metric	API equivalent	Description	Units
Available Disk Space	`available_disk`	Amount of storage space on a disk drive that isn’t currently in use	GB
Available Memory	`available_memory`	Amount of memory available to be allocated to new or existing processes	GB
CPU Usage	`cpu_usage`	Percentage of the available CPU capacity used by the Linode hosting the database. Reflects the load handled by individual processor cores while executing database operations and supporting processes.	%
Disk I/O Read	`read_iops`	Number of read operations a storage disk can perform per second	IOPS
Disk I/O Write	`write_iops`	Number of write operations a storage disk can perform per second	IOPS
Disk Space Usage	`disk_usage`	Percentage of a Linode's disk capacity used by database processes and stored data	%
Memory Usage	`memory_usage`	Percentage of a Linode's memory in use by the database engine	%

Dimension	API equivalent	Description
Node Type	`node_type`	The type of node in a cluster: `primary` or `secondary`

The following parameters have been preconfigured for Memory Usage, CPU Usage, and Disk Space Usage system alerts: