Tag: CloudWatch metrics

October 2023: This post was reviewed and updated for accuracy. If you are using HAQM Relational Database Service (RDS), you may wonder about how to determine the best time to modify instance configurations. This may include determining configurations such as instance class, storage size, or storage type. HAQM RDS supports various database engines, including MySQL, […]

July 2023: This post was reviewed for accuracy. In this blog post, I talk about how you can use HAQM CloudWatch metrics to understand when you might benefit from provisioned IOPS, also known as IO1 volumes, for highest performance mission-critical database workloads. I start by setting up a test case that simulates a nonbursting consistent […]