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PolarDB:Performance metric monitoring

Last Updated:Aug 24, 2026

This topic describes the performance metric of PolarDB clusters that are monitored.PolarDBperformance metrics.

PolarDB for MySQLPerformance metric items

Performance metrics

Monitoring items

Data type

Unit

Description

PolarDBDiskUsage

mean_data_size

double

MB

Storage used by data.

mean_log_size

double

MB

Storage used by logs.

mean_sys_dir_size

double

MB

Storage used by the system.

mean_tmp_dir_size

double

MB

Storage used by temporary files.

mean_redolog_size

double

MB

Storage used by redo logs.

mean_binlog_size

double

MB

Storage used by binlogs.

mean_other_log_size

double

MB

Other log size.

mean_undolog_size

double

MB

Undo log usage.

PolarDBQPSTPS

mean_qps

double

Times

Requests per second.

mean_tps

double

Times

Transactions per second.

mean_mps

double

Times

Operations per second.

PolarDBCPU

cpu_ratio

double

Percentage

CPU utilization (%).

PolarDBMemory

mem_ratio

double

Percentage

Memory utilization (%).

PolarDBMemoryForPCU

pcu_mem_usage

double

Percentage

PCU-based memory utilization.

PolarDBCPUForPCU

pcu_cpu_usage

double

Percentage

PCU-based CPU utilization.

PolarDBPCU

pcu

double

Cores

PCU count.

PolarDBConnections

mean_active_session

double

Count

Active connections.

thread_pool_running_threads

double

Count

Number of running threads in the thread pool.

mean_total_session

double

Count

Current total connections.

tp_thread_count

double

Count

Total threads in the thread pool.

PolarDBNetworkTraffic

mean_input_traffic

double

KB/s

Inbound traffic per second.

mean_output_traffic

double

KB/s

Outbound traffic per second.

PolarDBInnoDBBufferRatio

mean_innodb_buffer_dirty_ratio

double

Percentage

Buffer pool dirty block ratio (%).

mean_innodb_buffer_read_hit

double

Percentage

Buffer pool read hit ratio (%).

mean_innodb_buffer_use_ratio

double

Percentage

Buffer pool utilization (%).

PolarDBInnoDBDataReadWrite

mean_innodb_data_read

double

Byte

Data read from storage engine per second.

mean_innodb_data_written

double

Byte

Data written to storage engine per second.

PolarDBInnoDBBufferRequests

mean_innodb_buffer_pool_read_requests

double

Times

Buffer pool reads per second.

mean_innodb_buffer_pool_write_requests

double

Times

Buffer pool writes per second.

PolarDBInnoDBLogWrites

mean_innodb_log_write_requests

double

Times

Physical log writes per second.

mean_innodb_os_log_fsyncs

double

Times

Synchronizations per second.

PolarDBCreatedTempDiskTable

mean_created_tmp_disk_tables

double

Count

Temporary tables created per second.

PolarDBCOMDML

mean_com_delete

double

Count

DELETE statements per second.

mean_com_delete_multi

double

Count

Multi-DELETE statements per second.

mean_com_insert

double

Count

INSERT statements per second.

mean_com_insert_select

double

Count

INSERT_SELECT statements per second.

mean_com_replace

double

Count

REPLACE statements per second.

mean_com_replace_select

double

Count

REPLACE_SELECT statements per second.

mean_com_select

double

Count

SELECT statements per second.

mean_com_update

double

Count

UPDATE statements per second.

mean_com_update_multi

double

Count

Multi-UPDATE statements per second.

PolarDBRowDML

mean_innodb_rows_deleted

double

Rows

Rows deleted per second.

mean_innodb_rows_inserted

double

Rows

Rows inserted per second.

mean_innodb_rows_read

double

Rows

Rows read per second.

mean_innodb_rows_updated

double

Rows

Rows updated per second.

PolarDBIOSTAT

mean_iops_r

double

Times/s

Read IOPS.

mean_iops_w

double

Times/s

Write IOPS.

mean_iops

double

Times/s

Total IOPS.

mean_io_throughput_r

double

MB

Read I/O throughput.

mean_io_throughput_w

double

MB

Write I/O throughput.

mean_io_throughput

double

MB

Total I/O throughput.

PolarDBReplicaLag

mean_replication_delay

double

Second

Replication lag.

PolarDB for PostgreSQLPerformance metric items

Performance metrics

Monitoring items

Data type

Unit

Description

PolarDBCPU

cpu_ratio

double

Percentage

Total CPU utilization.

cpu_sys_ratio

double

Percentage

System CPU utilization.

cpu_user_ratio

double

Percentage

User CPU utilization.

PolarDBMemory

mem_ratio

double

Percentage

Memory utilization.

PolarDBMemoryForPCU

pcu_mem_usage

double

Percentage

PCU-based memory utilization.

PolarDBCPUForPCU

pcu_cpu_usage

double

Percentage

PCU-based CPU utilization.

PolarDBPCU

pcu_by_cpu_cores

double

Cores

PCU count.

PolarDBIOSTAT

mean_io_throughput_w

double

MB

Write throughput.

mean_io_throughput_r

double

MB

Read throughput.

mean_io_throughput

double

MB

Total throughput.

mean_iops_w

double

Times

Write IOPS.

mean_iops_r

double

Times

Read IOPS.

mean_iops

double

Times

Total IOPS.

PolarDBDiskUsage

mean_tmp_size

double

MB

Temporary space usage.

mean_log_size

double

MB

Local log usage.

mean_wal_size

double

MB

WAL log space usage.

mean_ins_total_size

double

MB

Cluster space usage.

mean_data_size

double

MB

Total user data usage.

PolarDBReplication

mean_max_slot_wal_delay_in_mb

double

MB

Maximum slot lag.

mean_logical_rep_latency_in_mb

double

MB

Logical replication lag.

mean_send_latency_in_mb

double

MB

Primary node send lag.

mean_replay_latency_in_mb

double

MB

Standby node replay lag.

PolarDBSQL

mean_five_seconds_two_pc_transactions

double

Count

Two-phase transactions executed for 5s.

mean_three_seconds_two_pc_transactions

double

Count

Two-phase transactions executed for 3s.

mean_one_second_two_pc_transactions

double

Count

Two-phase transactions executed for 1s.

mean_five_seconds_long_transactions

double

Count

Transactions executed for 5s.

mean_three_seconds_transactions

double

Count

Transactions executed for 3s.

mean_one_second_transactions

double

Count

Transactions executed for 1s.

mean_five_seconds_idle_transactions

double

Count

Transactions idle for 5s.

mean_three_seconds_idle_transactions

double

Count

Transactions idle for 3s.

mean_one_second_idle_transactions

double

Count

Transactions idle for 1s.

mean_five_seconds_executing_sqls

double

Count

SQL statements executed for 5s.

mean_three_seconds_executing_sqls

double

Count

SQL statements executed for 3s.

mean_one_second_executing_sqls

double

Count

SQL statements executed for 1s.

PolarDBSlowSQLTime

max_executing_sql_last_time

double

ms

Execution time of the slowest SQL statement.

PolarDBReplicationSlots

total_slots

double

Count

Number of replication slots.

inactive_slots

double

Count

Inactive replication slots.

PolarDBVacuum

mean_db_age

double

xids

Maximum database age.

PolarDBTransaction

mean_long_two_pc_transactions

double

Count

Two-phase long transactions.

mean_two_pc_transactions

double

Count

Two-phase transactions.

mean_long_transactions

double

Count

Long transactions.

mean_long_idle_transactions

double

Count

Idle long transactions.

mean_idle_transactions

double

Count

Idle transactions.

mean_waiting_transactions

double

Count

Waiting transactions.

mean_active_transactions

double

Count

Active transactions.

PolarDBBuffer

mean_blks_hit_delta

double

Times

Block hits per second.

mean_blks_read_delta

double

Count

Blocks read per second.

mean_buffers_alloc

double

Times

Cumulative cache allocations.

mean_buffers_backend_fsync

double

Times

Cumulative backend fsyncs.

mean_buffers_backend

double

Times

Cumulative backend buffer writes.

mean_buffers_clean

double

Times

Cumulative checkpoint backend buffer writes.

mean_hit_ratio

double

Percentage

Block hit ratio.

PolarDBTemp

mean_temp_bytes

double

Bytes

Temporary file data generated per second.

mean_temp_files

double

Count

Temporary files generated per second.

PolarDBQPSTPS

mean_deadlocks_delta

double

Times

Deadlocks per second.

mean_rollbacks_delta

double

Times

Rollbacks per second.

mean_commits_delta

double

Times

Commits per second.

mean_tps

double

Times

Transactions per second.

PolarDBRowDML

mean_tup_deleted_delta

double

Rows

Rows deleted per second.

mean_tup_updated_delta

double

Rows

Rows updated per second.

mean_tup_inserted_delta

double

Rows

Rows inserted per second.

mean_tup_fetched_delta

double

Rows

Rows read per second.

mean_tup_returned_delta

double

Rows

Rows returned per second.

PolarDBConnections

mean_idle_connection

double

Count

Idle connections.

mean_waiting_connection

double

Count

Waiting connections.

mean_active_session

double

Count

Active sessions.

mean_total_session

double

Count

Total sessions.

Performance metrics of PolarProxy

Performance metrics

Monitoring items

Data type

Unit

Description

PolarProxy_CpuUsage

docker_container_cpu

double

Percentage

CPU utilization of the PolarDB proxy layer (PolarProxy).

PolarProxy_Cps

service_connections_ps

double

Count/s

New connections per second of the PolarDB proxy layer (PolarProxy).

PolarProxy_CurrentConns

service_current_connections

double

Count

Current connections of the PolarDB proxy layer (PolarProxy).

PolarProxy_UpFlows

service_upstream_netflow

double

KB/s

Inbound traffic per second of the PolarDB proxy layer (PolarProxy).

PolarProxy_DownFlows

service_downstream_netflow

double

KB/s

Outbound traffic per second of the PolarDB proxy layer (PolarProxy).

PolarProxy_Qps

service_queries

double

Times/s

Requests per second of the PolarDB proxy layer (PolarProxy).

PolarProxy_DBConns

server_connections

double

Count

Connections from the PolarDB proxy layer (PolarProxy) to each DB node.

PolarProxy_DBQps

server_queries

double

Count/s

Request rate from the PolarDB proxy layer (PolarProxy) to each DB node.

PolarProxy_DBActionOps

server_active_operations

double

Count

Current active requests from the PolarDB proxy layer (PolarProxy) to each DB node.

PolarProxy_LsnNotMatch

service_queries_lsn_not_match

double

Count/s

Rate of requests routed to the primary node due to consistency failures under each cluster endpoint.

PolarProxy_QueriesInTrx

service_queries_in_trx

double

Count/s

Rate of requests routed to the primary node due to transactions under each cluster endpoint.

PolarProxy_Rt

service_proxy_rt

double

Microsecond

Round-trip latency.

PolarProxy_Db_Rt

service_db_rt

double

Microsecond

Average DB time per request.

PolarProxy_Full_Rt

service_full_rt

double

Microsecond

Average total time per request.