Extracting ScyllaDB Cloud Metrics using Prometheus Format

ScyllaDB Cloud, a fully managed NoSQL Database as a Service (DBaaS) that supports DynamoDB and Apache Cassandra APIs, offers an Extract Metrics feature that allows users to extract cluster metrics in the widely-used Prometheus format. This feature facilitates the tracking of infrastructure metrics, aiding database and system administrators in optimizing system utilization and correlating trends across multiple systems to identify business impacts. By using an internally-developed proxy, ScyllaDB securely ships these metrics to customer systems, enabling integration with platforms like Datadog, Sensu, and New Relic. Users can leverage ScyllaDB’s Monitoring Stack or create custom dashboards to better visualize performance data, define business-specific alerts, and manage thousands of metrics effectively. Key metrics include node status, CPU load, data directory size, and request latency, among others, which can be monitored using Grafana dashboards. This feature is readily available for both existing and new ScyllaDB Cloud users, simplifying the process of performance monitoring and optimization.