Monitoring AWS Storage Gateway health and performance using Amazon CloudWatch
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This article discusses a solution for monitoring the health and performance of AWS Storage Gateway using Amazon CloudWatch. It covers two approaches:
Specifically, the article covers:
- Enabling recommended CloudWatch alarms for crucial Storage Gateway metrics like CachePercentDirty, IOWaitPercent, etc.
- Implementing a custom monitoring solution using CloudWatch custom metrics, AWS Lambda, Amazon EventBridge, and Amazon SNS to continuously check the Storage Gateway status and send notifications if it goes offline.
- A step-by-step walkthrough for setting up the custom monitoring solution, including creating the required AWS resources like IAM roles, Lambda function, EventBridge rule, CloudWatch alarm, and SNS topic.
- Deploying the solution using an AWS CloudFormation template.
- Conclusion highlighting the benefits of the comprehensive monitoring solution for Storage Gateway availability and performance.
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