Amazon EC2 supports detailed performance stats on all NVMe local volumes
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Amazon has introduced detailed performance statistics for Amazon EC2 instance store NVMe volumes on Nitro System-based EC2 instances.
- Provides real-time visibility into storage performance
- Offers 11 comprehensive metrics at one-second granularity
- Monitors I/O statistics including queue length, IOPS, throughput, and latency
- Includes detailed I/O latency histograms broken down by IO size
- Available by default across all AWS Commercial and China Regions at no extra cost
The new feature helps users monitor storage health, resolve performance issues, and optimize application I/O patterns with granular performance insights.
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