AWS Elastic File System Monitoring tool
AWS Elastic File System - Overview
AWS Elastic File System (EFS) is a serverless, fully elastic file storage facility, that can be used to share file data without managing performance and storage capacity. It can be used with both AWS Cloud services and on-premises resources. By utilizing Applications Manager's monitoring tools, you can ensure your AWS Elastic File System (EFS) operates efficiently, securely, and meets your performance requirements.
Creating a new AWS Elastic File System monitor
To learn how to create a new AWS Elastic File System monitor, refer here.
Monitored Parameters
Go to the Monitors Category View by clicking the Monitors tab. Click on the EFS instance available under Amazon in the Cloud Apps section. Displayed is the Amazon EFS bulk configuration view distributed into three tabs:
- Availability tab gives the availability history for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
- Performance tab gives the health status and events for the past 24 hours or 30 days.
- List view tab enables you to perform bulk admin configurations.
By clicking a monitor from the list, you'll be taken to the AWS Elastic File System dashboard. It has 3 tabs.
Overview
| Parameter | Description |
|---|
| FILE SYSTEM INFORMATION |
| File System State | The lifecycle phase of the file system. Possible values: Creating/ Available/ Updating/ Deleting/ Deleted/ Error. |
| Number of Mount Targets | Number of mount targets associated with the file system. |
| BURST CREDIT BALANCE |
| Burst Credit Balance | The average burst credit balance that a file system contains between the poll interval (in GB). |
| METERED SIZE |
| Standard Size | The latest known metered size of data stored in the Standard storage class (in GB). |
| Infrequent Access Size | The latest known metered size of data stored in the Infrequent Access storage class (in GB). |
| Archive Size | The latest known metered size of data stored in the Archive storage class (in GB). |
| Total Metered Size | The latest known metered size of data stored in the file system. |
| METERED IO UTILIZATION |
| Metered IO Utilization | The average percentage of I/O usage from the I/O limit of the General Purpose performance mode between the poll interval (in %). |
| TIME ELAPSED SINCE LAST SYNC |
| Time Elapsed Since Last Sync | The average time elapsed since the last successful sync to the destination file system between the poll interval (in seconds). |
| MOUNT TARGETS |
| Mount Target ID | The ID of the mount target. |
| Availability Zone Name | The name of the Availability Zone in which the mount target is located. |
| Mount Target State | The lifecycle state of the mount target. Possible values: Creating/ Available/ Updating/ Deleting/ Deleted. |
| IP Address | The address at which the file system can be mounted by NFS clients. |
| Subnet ID | The ID of the Subnet that the mount target is located in. |
| Network Interface ID | The ID of the network interface created in the subnet. |
| VPC ID | The ID of the VPC in which the mount target is located. |
Performance
| Parameter | Description |
|---|
| CLIENT CONNECTIONS |
| Client Connections | The total number of client connections to a file system between the poll interval. |
| METERED IO USAGE |
| Metered IO Throughput | The average amount of data transferred per minute for a file system operation between the poll interval (in MB/min). |
| Permitted IO Throughput | The average throughput that a file system can achieve between the poll interval (in MB/min). |
| METERED IO ACTIVITY |
| Metered IO Rate | The number of file system metered operations performed per minute between the poll interval (in operations/min). |
| FILE IO USAGE |
| Total IO Bytes | The average amount of data transferred per minute for file system operations between the poll interval (in MB/min). |
| Data Read IO Bytes | The average amount of data read per minute for file system read operations between the poll interval (in MB/min). |
| Data Write IO Bytes | The average amount of data written per minute for file system write operations between the poll interval (in MB/min). |
| Metadata IO Bytes | The average amount of data transferred per minute for metadata operations between the poll interval (in MB/min). |
| FILE IO ACTIVITY |
| Total IO Rate | The total number of file system operations performed per minute between the poll interval (operations/min). |
| Data Read IO Rate | The number of file system read operations performed per minute between the poll interval (operations/min). |
| Data Write IO Rate | The number of file system write operations performed per minute between the poll interval (operations/min). |
| Metadata IO Rate | The number of metadata operations performed per minute between the poll interval (operations/min). |
| METADATA IO USAGE |
| Metadata Read IO Bytes | The average amount of data read per minute for metadata read operations between the poll interval (in MB/min). |
| Metadata Write IO Bytes | The average amount of data written per minute for metadata write operations between the poll interval (in MB/min). |
| METADATA IO ACTIVITY |
| Metadata Read IO Rate | The number of metadata read operations performed per minute between the poll interval (in operations/min). |
| Metadata Write IO Rate | The number of metadata write operations performed per minute between the poll interval (in operations/min). |
Configuration
| Parameter | Description |
|---|
| Name | Name of the file system. |
| Performance Mode | Performance mode of the file system. Possible values: GeneralPurpose / MaxIO. |
| Throughput Mode | Throughput mode of the file system. Possible values: Bursting / Provisioned/ Elastic. |
| File System Encryption | Indicates whether the file system is encrypted or not. Possible values: Enabled/ Disabled. |
| Replication Overwrite Protection | Indicates whether automatic replication is disabled or not. Possible values: Enabled/ Disabled. |
| KMS Key ID | ID of the AWS KMS key used for encryption. |
| Creation Token | The string used to ensure idempotent creation. |
| Creation Time | Timestamp indicating when the file system was created. |
| Availability Zone ID | AWS ID of the Availability Zone where the file system is located. |
| Availability Zone Name | Name of the Availability Zone where the file system is located. |
