View the performance of your database fleet

Database Center provides performance information about your fleet resources to help you maintain your database fleet. You can view a list of your database resources to identify which are most highly utilized for different metrics, such as CPU utilization and storage used. You can also view a visualization of resource performance over time. Use this information to prioritize database fleet maintenance and ensure optimal fleet operation.

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View database fleet resource performance

To view your database fleet resource performance details, go to the Performance page in Database Center.

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The Performance page includes one card for each database product in your fleet. The cards appear in alphabetical order by product name. A card appears for each database product you use, such as Bigtable and Spanner. Product cards don't appear for products you're not using. Each product card includes the following performance details:

  • Resource count: The total number of resources used by the database product.

  • Metric selection: Select a metric from the available metrics. The metrics you can choose from are pertinent to the database product. For example, the peak storage utilization metric is available on a Bigtable card, but not the AlloyDB for PostgreSQL card.

  • Resources ranked by utilization: The table on the product card lists resources in the Resource name column by utilization for the selected metric. The resource with the highest utilization is at the top. Click the resource name to view details about that resource. The table shows ten resources. Click or to show the previous or next ten resources.

  • Resource utilization over time: For each resource listed in the table, the chart shows resource utilization over the past seven days for the selected metric. Hold the pointer over a line to see which resource it's associated with.

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