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ApsaraDB RDS:Configure a monitoring frequency

Last Updated:Feb 28, 2024

This topic describes how to configure a monitoring frequency for your ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance. ApsaraDB RDS provides three monitoring frequencies.

Important
  • You can configure a monitoring frequency only on the Legacy Monitoring tab. You are charged when you configure some monitoring frequencies.

  • You cannot configure a monitoring frequency on the Standard Monitoring tab. The metrics on the Standard Monitoring tab are free of charge.

Background information

ApsaraDB RDS provides the following monitoring frequencies:

  • Every 5 seconds (paid feature)

  • Every 60 seconds

  • Every 300 seconds

Note

ApsaraDB RDS allows you to query the monitoring data from the most recent 30 days. You may not be able to query the monitoring data over a time range of more than 30 days.

The following table describes the supported monitoring frequencies.

Instance type

Every 5 seconds

Every 60 seconds

Every 300 seconds

RDS High-availability Edition or RDS Enterprise Edition with a memory capacity less than 8 GB

Not supported

Supported free of charge

Supported free of charge (This is the default monitoring frequency.)

RDS High-availability Edition or RDS Enterprise Edition with a memory capacity greater than or equal to 8 GB

Supported with fees required

Supported free of charge (This is the default monitoring frequency.)

Supported free of charge

RDS Basic Edition

Not supported

Not supported

Supported free of charge (This is the default monitoring frequency.)

RDS Cluster Edition

Not supported

Supported free of charge

Supported free of charge

Note

If your RDS instance uses cloud disks, the monitoring frequency is fixed as every 60 seconds. Changes of the monitoring frequency do not take effect.

For more information about how to configure a monitoring frequency for an RDS instance that runs a different database engine, see the following topics:

Billing

  • Billable item: the monitoring frequency of every 5 seconds.

  • Billing method: You are charged based on the pay-as-you-go billing method, and fees are deducted once every hour.

  • Price: USD 0.012 per hour.

Procedure

  1. Go to the Instances page. In the top navigation bar, select the region in which the RDS instance resides. Then, find the RDS instance and click the ID of the instance.
  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Monitoring and Alerts.

  3. Click Old Version on the right side of the page.

    Note

    For more information about the supported metrics, see View the monitoring information.

  4. On the Standard Monitoring tab, click Set Monitoring Frequency.

  5. In the Set Monitoring Frequency dialog box, select a monitoring frequency and click OK.

    Note

    The 60 Seconds and 300 Seconds monitoring frequencies are supported free of charge. However, the 5 Seconds monitoring frequency charges you additional fees. For more information, see Billing.

    If the RDS instance does not support the 5 Seconds monitoring frequency, a message appears in the Set Monitoring Frequency dialog box.

Related operations

Operation

Description

DescribeDBInstanceMonitor

Queries the monitoring frequency of an instance.