Metrics and dimensions - Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

Metrics and dimensions

FSx for Windows File Server publishes the following metrics into the AWS/FSx namespace in Amazon CloudWatch for all file systems:

  • DataReadBytes

  • DataWriteBytes

  • DataReadOperations

  • DataWriteOperations

  • MetadataOperations

  • FreeStorageCapacity

FSx for Windows File Server publishes the metrics described in the following into the AWS/FSx namespace in Amazon CloudWatch for file systems configured with a throughput capacity of at least 32 MBps.

FSx for Windows network I/O metrics

The AWS/FSx namespace includes the following network I/O metrics.

Metric Description
DataReadBytes

The number of bytes for read operations for clients accessing the file system.

Units: Bytes

Valid statistics: Sum

DataWriteBytes

The number of bytes for write operations for clients accessing the file system.

Units: Bytes

Valid statistics: Sum

DataReadOperations

The number of read operations for clients accessing the file system.

Units: Count

Valid statistics: Sum

DataWriteOperations

The number of write operations for clients accessing the file system.

Units: Count

Valid statistics: Sum

MetadataOperations

The number of metadata operations for clients accessing the file system.

Units: Count

Valid statistics: Sum

ClientConnections

The number of active connections between clients and the file server.

Units: Count

FSx for Windows file server metrics

The AWS/FSx namespace includes the following file server metrics.

Metric Description
NetworkThroughputUtilization

The network throughput for clients accessing the file system, as a percentage of the provisioned limit.

Units: Percent

CPUUtilization

The percentage utilization of your file server’s CPU resources.

Units: Percent

MemoryUtilization

The percentage utilization of your file server’s memory resources.

Units: Percent

FileServerDiskThroughputUtilization

The disk throughput between your file server and its storage volumes, as a percentage of the provisioned limit determined by throughput capacity.

Units: Percent

FileServerDiskThroughputBalance

The percentage of available burst credits for disk throughput between your file server and its storage volumes. Valid for file systems provisioned with throughput capacity of 256 MBps or less.

Units: Percent

FileServerDiskIopsUtilization

The disk IOPS between your file server and storage volumes, as a percentage of the provisioned limit determined by throughput capacity.

Units: Percent

FileServerDiskIopsBalance

The percentage of available burst credits for disk IOPS between your file server and its storage volumes. Valid for file systems provisioned with throughput capacity of 256 MBps or less.

Units: Percent

FSx for Windows disk I/O metrics

The AWS/FSx namespace includes the following disk I/O metrics.

Metric Description
DiskReadBytes

The number of bytes for read operations that access storage volumes.

Units: Bytes

Valid statistics: Sum

DiskWriteBytes

The number of bytes for write operations that access storage volumes.

Units: Bytes

Valid statistics: Sum

DiskReadOperations

The number of read operations for the file server accessing storage volumes.

Units: Count

Valid statistics: Sum

DiskWriteOperations

The number of write operations for the file server accessing storage volumes.

Units: Count

Valid statistics: Sum

FSx for Windows storage volume metrics

The AWS/FSx namespace includes the following storage volume metrics.

Metric Description
DiskThroughputUtilization

(HDD only) The disk throughput between your file server and its storage volumes, as a percentage of the provisioned limit determined by the storage volumes.

Units: Percent

DiskThroughputBalance

(HDD only) The percentage of available burst credits for disk throughput for the storage volumes.

Units: Percent

DiskIopsUtilization

(SSD only) The disk IOPS between your file server and storage volumes, as a percentage of the provisioned IOPS limit determined by the storage volumes.

Units: Percent

FSx for Windows storage capacity metrics

The AWS/FSx namespace includes the following storage capacity metrics.

Metric Description
FreeStorageCapacity

The amount of available storage capacity.

Units: Bytes

Valid statistics: Average, Minimum

StorageCapacityUtilization

Used physical storage capacity as a percentage of total storage capacity.

Units: Percent

DeduplicationSavedStorage

The amount of storage space saved by data deduplication, if it is enabled.

Units: Bytes

FSx for Windows dimensions

FSx for Windows File Server metrics use the FSx namespace and provide metrics for a single dimension, FileSystemId. You can find a file system's ID using the describe-file-systems AWS CLI command or the DescribeFileSystems API command. A file system ID takes the form of fs-0123456789abcdef0.