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Using the Amazon CloudWatch Console
You can get monitoring data for your gateway using either the AWS Management Console or the Amazon CloudWatch API. The console displays a series of graphs based on the raw data from the Amazon CloudWatch API. The Amazon CloudWatch API can be also be used through one of the Amazon AWS Software Development Kits (SDKs) or the Amazon CloudWatch API tools. Depending on your needs, you might prefer to use either the graphs displayed in the console or retrieved from the API.
Regardless of which method you choose to use to work with metrics, you must specify the following information.
First, you specify the metric dimension to work with. A dimension is a name-value pair that helps you to uniquely identify a metric. The dimensions for AWS Storage Gateway are
GatewayId,GatewayName, andVolumeId. In the Amazon CloudWatch console, theGateway MetricsandVolume Metricsviews are provided to easily select gateway and volume-specific dimensions. For more information about dimensions, see Dimensions in the Amazon CloudWatch Developer Guide.Second, you specify the metric name, such as
ReadBytes.
Tip
If the name of your gateway was changed for the time range that you are
interested in viewing metrics, then you should use the
GatewayId to specify the metrics for your
analysis.
The following table summarizes the types of AWS Storage Gateway metric data that are available to you.
| Amazon CloudWatch Namespace | Dimension | Description |
|---|---|---|
AWS/StorageGateway |
GatewayId, GatewayName
|
These dimensions filter for metric data that describes aspects of
the gateway. You can identify a gateway to work with either
the Throughput and latency data of a gateway is based on all the volumes in the gateway. Data is available automatically in 5-minute periods at no charge. |
VolumeId
|
This dimension filters for metric data that is specific to a
storage volume. Identify a storage volume to work with by
Data is available automatically in 5-minute periods at no charge. |
Working with gateway and volume metrics is similar to working with other service metrics. Many of the common tasks are outlined in the Amazon CloudWatch documentation and are listed below for your convenience:
