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 fast incident response
Have your AWS cost data at hand for better financial insight

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PRTG RDS monitoring: What you will find on this page

Keep a watchful eye on AWS RDS and your entire IT infrastructure
What AWS RDS monitoring looks like in PRTG
5 reasons why PRTG is the RDS monitoring tool of your choice
Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for RDS monitoring
RDS Monitoring: FAQ

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.

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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 help you monitor the pulse of your 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, these are 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.

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 reasons why PRTG is the 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 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.

Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for RDS monitoring

PRTG comes with more than 250 native sensor types for monitoring your entire on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud environment out of the box. Check out some examples below!

AWS RDS v2

The AWS RDS v2 sensor monitors the performance of a Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Service (RDS) database by reading its data from Amazon CloudWatch via the AWS API. It can show the following and more:

CPU credit balance and usage
Average number of database connections in use
Number of (outstanding) disk read and write operations
Amount of available storage space
Incoming (receive) and outgoing (transmit) network traffic

AWS Alarm v2

The AWS Alarm v2 sensor monitors the status of an Amazon Web Services (AWS) alarm by reading its data from Amazon CloudWatch via the AWS API. It can show the following:

Alarm status
Metric on which the alarm is based

AWS Cost

The AWS Cost sensor monitors the cost of an Amazon Web Services (AWS) account by reading its data from the AWS Cost Explorer API. It can show the following:

(Forecast for) amortized cost per month and year
(Forecast for) net amortized cost per month and year
(Forecast for) net unblended cost per month and year
(Forecast for) unblended cost per month and year
(Forecast for) monthly and yearly cost

AWS EBS v2

The AWS EBS v2 sensor monitors the performance of an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume by reading its data from Amazon CloudWatch via the AWS API. It can show the following:

Average queue lengths
Average read and write latency
Time spent idle
Burst balance
Read and write bandwidth and throughput in IOPS

See the PRTG Manual for a list of all available sensor types.

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 is compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems

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.

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“Part of our infrastructure runs with Azure. This information is then sent to PRTG via Powershell. Paessler is a great solution for us. We get alerts sent directly to our phones and if something goes wrong somewhere, we can immediately deal with it. It’s our lifeline. This is why Paessler gives us a sense of security no matter what the time of day.”

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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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RDS Monitoring: 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.

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Start monitoring your RDS monitoring with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.

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