Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch
You can monitor file systems using Amazon CloudWatch, which collects and processes raw data from FSx for Windows File Server into readable, near real-time metrics. These statistics are retained for a period of 15 months, so that you can access historical information and gain a better perspective on how your web application or service is performing. By default, Amazon FSx for Windows File Server metric data is automatically sent to CloudWatch at 1-minute periods. For more information about CloudWatch, see What Is Amazon CloudWatch? in the Amazon CloudWatch User Guide.
Amazon FSx CloudWatch metrics are reported as raw Bytes. Bytes are not rounded to either a decimal or binary multiple of the unit.
Amazon FSx for Windows File Server publishes the following metrics into the AWS/FSx
namespace in
CloudWatch. For each metric, FSx for Windows File Server emits a data point per file system per minute.
Metric | Description |
---|---|
DataReadBytes |
The number of bytes for file system read operations. The Units: Bytes Valid statistics: |
DataWriteBytes |
The number of bytes for file system write operations. The Units: Bytes Valid statistics: |
DataReadOperations |
The number of read operations. The Units: Count Valid statistics: |
DataWriteOperations |
The number of write operations. The Units: Count Valid statistics: |
MetadataOperations |
The number of metadata operations. The Units: Count Valid statistics: |
FreeStorageCapacity |
The amount of available storage capacity. Units: Bytes Valid statistics: |
FSx for Windows File Server 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
.