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    ApsaraDB RDS:Use monitoring dashboard

    Last Updated:Jul 15, 2026

    The monitoring dashboard feature, provided by Database Autonomy Service (DAS), lets you select specific ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instances and metrics to track in a single view. Use it to compare performance trends across instances and configure metric linkage to correlate anomalies at a glance.

    Supported instances

    This feature supports the following ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance types:

    MySQL version Supported editions
    8.0 High-availability Edition, Enterprise Edition, Cluster Edition
    5.7 High-availability Edition, Enterprise Edition, Cluster Edition
    5.6 High-availability Edition
    5.5 High-availability Edition
    The monitoring dashboard feature has been available for ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL since May 20, 2022.

    Create a monitoring dashboard

    1. Log on to the ApsaraDB RDS console.

    2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Maintenance & Monitoring > Performance Monitoring.

    3. Click the Monitoring Dashboard tab.

    4. On the SQL Server tab, click Add Monitoring Dashboard.

    5. Enter a Dashboard Name and click OK.

    6. Click Select Instances and Metrics, select the RDS instances and metrics you want to track, and then click the 选择 icon.

      You can select up to 32 RDS instances at a time. For descriptions of each metric, see Metrics.

      选择指标

    7. Click Confirm.

    To add or change the instances and metrics in an existing dashboard, click Add Instances and Metrics.

    View metric trends

    1. Log on to the ApsaraDB RDS console.

    2. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Maintenance & Monitoring > Performance Monitoring.

    3. Click the Monitoring Dashboard tab.

    4. Click the tab for the database engine, select the monitoring dashboard you want to view, then set a time range to display metric trend charts for that period.

      The end time must be later than the start time, and the time range cannot exceed seven days.

    The following options are available on the dashboard:

    Option Description
    Instance filtering Filter by one or more RDS instances to compare their metrics side by side.
    Auto Refresh (Every 5 Seconds) Automatically refresh all trend charts every 5 seconds — useful for monitoring active workloads in real time.
    Linkage Chart Synchronize chart cursors so you can see the values of different metrics at the same point in time, making it easier to correlate anomalies across metrics.
    Chart Layout Set the number of trend charts displayed per row.
    Add Instances and Metrics Add or change the instances and metrics shown in the dashboard.
    Details (in a trend chart) Expand the chart and adjust the time range for a closer look at a specific metric.
    Delete (in a trend chart) Remove the chart from the dashboard.

    Metrics

    The following metrics are available when you configure a monitoring dashboard.

    Click the 问号 icon next to any metric on the dashboard to view its description inline.

    MySQL Server

    Metric Description
    tps Transactions per second (TPS)
    qps Queries per second (QPS)
    active_session Number of active sessions
    total_session Total number of sessions
    delete_ps Average number of DELETE statements executed per second
    insert_ps Average number of INSERT statements executed per second
    replace_ps Average number of REPLACE statements executed per second
    update_ps Average number of UPDATE statements executed per second
    select_ps Average number of SELECT statements executed per second
    bytes_received Average bytes received from all clients per second
    bytes_sent Average bytes sent to all clients per second
    iops_usage IOPS usage

    InnoDB storage engine

    Metric Description
    innodb_bp_hit Read cache hit ratio of the InnoDB buffer pool
    innodb_bp_dirty_pct Ratio of dirty pages in the InnoDB buffer pool
    innodb_bp_usage_pct Utilization of the InnoDB buffer pool
    innodb_data_written Average bytes written to InnoDB tables per second
    innodb_data_read Average bytes read from InnoDB tables per second
    innodb_rows_deleted Average rows deleted from InnoDB tables per second
    innodb_rows_read Average rows read from InnoDB tables per second
    innodb_rows_inserted Average rows inserted into InnoDB tables per second
    innodb_rows_updated Average rows updated in InnoDB tables per second

    MySQL processes

    Metric Description
    cpu_usage CPU utilization of MySQL processes. The maximum value is 100% for ApsaraDB RDS instances.
    mem_usage Memory usage of the ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance in the operating system
    iops IOPS of the ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance
    disk_usage Disk usage