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Auto Scaling:Event-triggered tasks of the system monitoring type

Last Updated:Feb 05, 2024

The metrics of an event-triggered task of the system monitoring type are measured at the scaling group level. The metric value is the average value of monitoring data for all instances in the scaling group. When the number of instances in a scaling group changes, the metric value is also updated. This topic describes the metrics that are supported by event-triggered tasks of the system monitoring type.

ECS metrics

The following table describes the metrics of Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances that are supported by event-triggered tasks of the system monitoring type.

Collection source

Metric (Auto Scaling console)

Metric (Auto Scaling API)

Unit

Statistical period

Supported network

ECS instances

(ECS) CPU Utilization

CpuUtilization

%

  • 15 seconds

  • 1 minute

  • 2 minutes

  • 5 minutes

  • 15 minutes

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and classic network

(ECS) ECS Concurrent Connections

ConcurrentConnections

None

VPC and classic network

(ECS) Internal Network Outbound Traffic

IntranetTx

Kb/min

VPC and classic network

(ECS) Internal Network Inbound Traffic

IntranetRx

Kb/min

VPC and classic network

(ECS) Public Network Outbound Traffic

VpcInternetTx

Kb/min

VPC and classic network

(ECS) Public Network Inbound Traffic

VpcInternetRx

Kb/min

VPC and classic network

(ECS) System Disk Read (BPS)

SystemDiskReadBps

Byte/s

VPC and classic network

(ECS) System Disk Write (BPS)

SystemDiskWriteBps

Byte/s

VPC and classic network

(ECS) System Disk Read (IOPS)

SystemDiskReadOps

None

VPC and classic network

(ECS) System Disk Write (IOPS)

SystemDiskWriteOps

None

VPC and classic network

CloudMonitor

(Agent) CPU Utilization

CpuUtilizationAgent

%

  • 15 seconds

  • 1 minute

  • 2 minutes

  • 5 minutes

  • 15 minutes

VPC and classic network

(Agent) GPU Utilization

GpuUtilizationAgent

%

VPC and classic network

(Agent) Idle GPU Memory Percentage

GpuMemoryFreeUtilizationAgent

%

VPC and classic network

(Agent) GPU Memory Usage

GpuMemoryUtilizationAgent

%

VPC and classic network

(Agent) Memory

MemoryUtilization

%

VPC and classic network

(Agent) Average System Load

LoadAverage

None

VPC and classic network

(Agent) Total TCP Connections

TcpConnection

None

VPC and classic network

(Agent) Established TCP Connections

TcpConnection

None

VPC and classic network

(Agent) Internal Network Packets Sent

PackagesNetOut

Count/s

VPC and classic network

(Agent) Internal Network Packets Received

PackagesNetIn

Count/s

VPC and classic network

(Agent) Public Network Packets Sent

PackagesNetOut

Count/s

Classic network

(Agent) Public Network Packets Received

PackagesNetIn

Count/s

Classic network

If you select CloudMonitor as the collection source, Auto Scaling installs the CloudMonitor agent on all instances in the specified scaling group. You can enable Automatically Install CloudMonitor Agent on Newly Purchased ECS Instances in the CloudMonitor console to ensure that the monitoring data of new ECS instances can be collected.

If you want to select GPU metrics, make sure that GPU drivers are installed on GPU-accelerated instances. For more information, see Installation guideline for NVIDIA drivers.

Elastic Container Instance metrics

The following table describes the metrics of elastic container instances that are supported by event-triggered tasks of the system monitoring type.

Collection source

Metric (Auto Scaling console)

Metric (Auto Scaling API)

Unit

Statistical period

Supported network

CloudMonitor

CPU Utilization

EciPodCpuUtilization

%

  • 1 minute

  • 2 minutes

  • 5 minutes

  • 15 minutes

VPC

Memory

EciPodMemoryUtilization

%

ALB metrics

If you associate a scaling group of the ECS type or Elastic Container Instance type with an Application Load Balancer (ALB) instance, you can use the (ALB) QPS per Backend Server metric to monitor the resource usage in the scaling group.

Collection source

Metric (Auto Scaling console)

Metric (Auto Scaling API)

Unit

Statistical period

Supported network

ALB server group

(ALB) QPS per Backend Server

LoadBalancerRealServerAverageQps

Count/s

15 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, and 15 minutes

Note

The 15-second statistical period is available only for scaling groups of the ECS type.

VPC