Elasticache

Amazon ElastiCache is a cloud-caching service that increases the performance, speed, and redundancy with which applications can retrieve data by providing an in-memory database caching system.

aws.elasticache.CPUUtilization

The percentage of CPU utilization.

When reaching high utilization and your main workload is from read requests, scale your cache cluster out by adding read replicas. If the main workload is from write requests, scale up by using a larger cache instance type.

For more information, refer to the ElastiCache documentation.

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value Type%
Segment ByCloudProvider
Default Time AggregationAverave
Available Time Aggregation FormatsAvg, Rate, Sum, Min, Max
Default Group AggregationAverage
Available Group Aggregation FormatsAvg, Sum, Min, Max

aws.elasticache.FreeableMemory

The amount of memory considered free, or that could be made available, for use by the node.

For more information, refer to the ElastiCache documentation.

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeByte
Segment ByCloudProvider
Default Time AggregationRate
Available Time Aggregation FormatsAvg, Rate, Sum, Min, Max
Default Group AggregationAverage
Available Group Aggregation FormatsAvg, Sum, Min, Max

aws.elasticache.NetworkBytesIn

The number of bytes the host has read from the network.

For more information, refer to the ElastiCache documentation.

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeCounter
Value TypeByte
Segment ByCloudProvider
Default Time AggregationRate
Available Time Aggregation FormatsAvg, Rate, Sum, Min, Max
Default Group AggregationSum
Available Group Aggregation FormatsAvg, Sum, Min, Max

aws.elasticache.NetworkBytesOut

The number of bytes the host has written to the network.

For more information, refer to the ElastiCache documentation.

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeCounter
Value TypeByte
Segment ByCloudProvider
Default Time AggregationRate
Available Time Aggregation FormatsAvg, Rate, Sum, Min, Max
Default Group AggregationSum
Available Group Aggregation FormatsAvg, Sum, Min, Max

aws.elasticache.SwapUsage

The amount of swap space used on the host.

If swap is being utilized, the node probably needs more memory than is available and cache performance may be negatively impacted. Consider adding more nodes or using larger ones to reduce or eliminate swapping.

For more information, refer to the ElastiCache documentation.

MetadataDescription
Metric TypeGauge
Value TypeByte
Segment ByCloudProvider
Default Time AggregationRate
Available Time Aggregation FormatsAvg, Rate, Sum, Min, Max
Default Group AggregationAverage
Available Group Aggregation FormatsAvg, Sum, Min, Max