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New: Enhanced AssetState dimension for AWS Outposts capacity metrics on Amazon CloudWatch

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AWS Outposts capacity metrics now include an enhanced AssetState dimension in CloudWatch to distinguish between Active, Isolated, and Retiring hardware states for improved capacity monitoring.

  • New AssetState dimension groups existing CloudWatch metrics with values: Active, Isolated, or Retiring
  • Active indicates production-ready Outposts; Isolated means temporarily offline for maintenance; Retiring indicates unavailable compute assets
  • Enables accurate capacity counts by surfacing hardware state transitions previously hidden from customer metrics
  • Supports creation of precise CloudWatch alarms based on specific capacity status changes
  • Fully integrated with CloudWatch on Outposts for local infrastructure monitoring
  • Available by default at no additional cost across all AWS Regions offering Outposts

This enhancement provides AWS Outposts customers with real-time visibility into hardware states, enabling accurate capacity monitoring and more targeted alerting for mission-critical workloads.



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