Metrics
Our Monitoring uses a variety of metrics to track system health. We will go through the different resources, the units used to measure them, and the way they can be used by SimpleCloudHosting Monitoring.
CPU Utilization
CPU utilization measures the amount of processor being used at a given time. CPU utilization is expressed as a percentage.
On SimpleCloudHosting, total use of all processors combined is indicated by 100%. This differs from some CPU usage tools which report 100% per CPU or core. For example, other tools might express metrics out of 200% on a machine with two CPUs, or 400% for a quad-core processor.
In the Droplet graphs, CPU usage is broken down in terms of Linux’s conception of system and user time. System time is time spent executing kernel-level instructions, while user time is time spent executing “userland” instructions, which is defined by anything outside of the kernel.
Memory
Memory utilization is a measurement of the memory being consumed on the server. This is expressed as a percentage of the total available physicalmemory.
SimpleCloudHosting calculates memory consumption by evaluating memory information exposed in /proc/meminfo. Memory usage is calculated by subtracting free memory and memory used for caching from the total memory amount.
Disk I/O
Disk I/O, or input/output, is a measure of how much read and write activity the server’s disks are experiencing. This is expressed in terms of MB/s, or megabytes per second.
SimpleCloudHosting breaks disk I/O down into read and write operations, which are handled separately. Droplet graphs show these as two separate lines within the Disk I/O graph.
Disk Usage
Disk usage is a measurement of how much disk space is currently being used. This is expressed as a percentage of the total disk space available on the server.
This value takes into account the Droplet’s root storage and any additional attached block storage devices. The values of each storage device are rolled up into a single value that represents the total storage space of the server.
Bandwidth
Bandwidth is a measurement of the amount of incoming or outgoing traffic passing through the Droplet’s network interfaces. This is expressed in terms of MBps, or Megabytes per second.
In Droplet graphs, bandwidth is broken down between public and private traffic. Public bandwidth is bandwidth over the public interface that connects to the internet. Incoming traffic is represented by one line, and outgoing traffic by another.
Top Processes
SimpleCloudHosting also reports the highest consumers of CPU and memory as a chart within Droplet graphs. The processes are sorted with the highest consumer of the selected resource first. Each process is accompanied by a usage percentage out of the total available resources.
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