RDS monitoring with PRTG
Get real-time performance insights into your AWS Cloud environment
- Monitor AWS RDS and other Amazon Web Services centrally
- Use comprehensive alerting features for a fast incident response
- Have your AWS cost data at hand for better financial insight
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PRTG RDS monitoring: What you’ll find on this page
PRTG makes AWS RDS monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent issues with your Amazon Relational Database Service.
Keep a watchful eye on AWS RDS and your entire IT infrastructure
One of the biggest pitfalls of Amazon’s RDS monitoring is that most environments include multiple vendor products. While CloudWatch and Enhanced Monitoring have their bonuses for monitoring Amazon relational databases, they aren’t so good at monitoring that Cisco server you have. With extensive multi-vendor support, Paessler PRTG is your one-stop shop for Amazon RDS performance monitoring.
Consolidate your dashboards
Amazon’s RDS monitoring only covers Amazon products, which means other vendor products – and their associated dashboards – are needed to extend coverage.
PRTG monitoring seamlessly integrates with your entire on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environment for a single, unified experience. Think of it: one dashboard for all your network monitoring needs. You’re welcome.
Stay calm and monitor 24/7/365
Constantly monitoring your IT infrastructure can be time-consuming and monotonous. PRTG stays on task with around-the-clock monitoring of your AWS RDS instances.
Automated alerts keep your pulse on network performance without requiring manual oversight. With 24/7 monitoring and comprehensive coverage, you can stay calm, knowing PRTG will inform you of any issues.
Extend data insight with better metrics
AWS monitoring tools provide basic metrics, but may not cover all the parameters your network needs. PRTG provides comprehensive coverage with an extensive sensor library.
Over 250 sensors allow you to monitor most network components, giving you detailed insight on a variety of key values. For example, the AWS RDS v2 sensor monitors values such as CPU credits, memory usage, database statistics, and network utilization.
Monitor other Amazon Cloud instances
In addition to Amazon RDS, use PRTG to monitor other Amazon Cloud services. These services include Amazon Elastic Cloud Computing (AWS EC2), Amazon Elastic Block Store (AWS EBS), Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (AWS ELB), and many more.
You’ll only need one tool to monitor your entire Amazon Cloud infrastructure, as well as all the other services and devices in your IT landscape.
Get real-time alerts and notifications
While native AWS monitoring tools provide basic alerting capabilities, this is often not flexible enough.
Our AWS RDS monitoring software allows highly customizable alerts based on the thresholds and conditions you define. Alerts can be sent to key people through various channels, including email, SMS, push notification, and more.
What AWS RDS monitoring looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking the availability and performance of your AWS Relational Database Services. Show CPU usage and credit balance, database connections, storage space, network traffic, and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot your Amazon Cloud database performance issues.
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
Preconfigured AWS RDS sensor in PRTG
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure
Start monitoring your RDS with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
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5 more reasons why PRTG is the AWS RDS monitoring tool of your choice
We play well with others
Whether you have Amazon, Microsoft, Cisco, or a Frankenstein mix of vendor components, PRTG came to play.
PRTG integrates with multiple vendors and monitors all network devices and other endpoints you can think of, ensuring comprehensive network management across hybrid environments.
We are flexible and scale easily
Maybe we don’t do yoga, but PRTG network monitoring software is very flexible. Outgrowing your current monitoring solution?
PRTG easily scales with your infrastructure and meets the needs of both small businesses and large enterprises. Licensing is based on the number of sensors so that you’ll get the monitoring solution that fits your budget.
Look into the past and the future
To properly manage your RDS database instances, you need historical data and predictive analytics.
PRTG provides detailed reports on AWS RDS performance, which helps you analyze trends accurately and plan future capacity. Historical data lets you identify patterns and predict potential issues before they become critical.
You believe in being proactive
PRTG provides real-time insights into AWS RDS performance. This way, you can always identify and resolve issues proactively, even before your phone starts ringing off the hook.
This proactive approach prevents issues before they impact your operations and ensures the performance of your database environments.
You like to uncomplicate things
PRTG is well known for its user-friendly, intuitive interface. It’s easy for IT teams to set up, configure, and manage monitoring – no extensive training is needed.
With preconfigured sensors, you can quickly start monitoring your RDS DB instances. Custom maps allow you to visualize your entire infrastructure and easily understand how each component is related.
Your RDS monitor at a glance – even on the go
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Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG RDS monitoring solution
Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
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PRTG makes AWS RDS monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent issues with your Amazon Relational Database Service.
Monitor Amazon RDS: FAQ
What is AWS RDS?
AWS RDS (Amazon Relational Database Service) is a managed cloud service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale relational databases in the cloud. It automates many of the time-consuming administrative tasks associated with database management, such as provisioning hardware, setting up databases, patching software, and performing backups.
AWS RDS supports several popular database engines, including Amazon Aurora (compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL), MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server.
What is AWS RDS monitoring?
AWS RDS monitoring involves tracking and managing the performance, health, and usage metrics of database instances hosted on Amazon Relational Database Service.
PRTG keeps a constant eye on the performance of Amazon cloud databases so you can make sure you’re getting what you paid for – and your users benefit from the level of service they need.
Why is RDS monitoring important?
The performance of your cloud databases directly affects user experience. This is especially important for online retailers, which need to be available at all times. Slow database responses can lead to a poor user experience, causing frustration and potentially driving users away. Downtime can result in lost sales and a damaged reputation.
PRTG AWS RDS monitoring ensures business continuity with proactive issue detection, continuous monitoring, and real-time alerts.
What metrics should I monitor for AWS RDS?
Key performance metrics include CPU utilization, memory usage, disk I/O, database connections, free storage space, disk read/write operations, and network throughput. Monitoring these metrics helps in identifying performance bottlenecks and resource usage patterns.
How does PRTG integrate with AWS RDS?
PRTG integrates with RDS and other AWS services (ELB, EC2, EBS) by using preconfigured sensors that monitor various CloudWatch metrics. It pulls data via the Amazon CloudWatch API and provides enhanced monitoring capabilities, including customizable alerts and in-depth visualizations. For monitoring AWS RDS instances, you need an AWS account.
Does PRTG provide other database monitoring functionality?
Sure. With PRTG, you can monitor your Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and other RDBMS right out of the box. For monitoring and analyzing relational databases such as SAP HANA, SAP MaxDB, IBM DB2, or IBM Informix, you need the PRTG Database Observer extension.
What is a sensor in PRTG?
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive.
On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
PRTG: The multi-tool for sysadmins
Adapt PRTG individually and dynamically to your needs and rely on a strong API:- HTTP API: Access monitoring data and manipulate monitoring objects via HTTP requests
- Custom sensors: Create your own PRTG sensors for customized monitoring
- Custom notifications: Create your own notifications and send action triggers to external systems
- REST Custom sensor: Monitor almost everything that provides data in XML or JSON format
Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. We asked: would you recommend PRTG?
Over 95% of our customers say yes!
The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.
Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier. Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network. Everyone has different monitoring needs. That’s why we let you try PRTG for free.Still not convinced?
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