= Monitoring

Metrics in Cassandra are managed using the
http://metrics.dropwizard.io[Dropwizard Metrics] library. These metrics
can be queried via JMX or pushed to external monitoring systems using a
number of
http://metrics.dropwizard.io/3.1.0/getting-started/#other-reporting[built
in] and http://metrics.dropwizard.io/3.1.0/manual/third-party/[third
party] reporter plugins.

Metrics are collected for a single node. It's up to the operator to use
an external monitoring system to aggregate them.

== Metric Types

All metrics reported by cassandra fit into one of the following types.

`Gauge`::
  An instantaneous measurement of a value.
`Counter`::
  A gauge for an `AtomicLong` instance. Typically this is consumed by
  monitoring the change since the last call to see if there is a large
  increase compared to the norm.
`Histogram`::
  Measures the statistical distribution of values in a stream of data.
  +
  In addition to minimum, maximum, mean, etc., it also measures median,
  75th, 90th, 95th, 98th, 99th, and 99.9th percentiles.
`Timer`::
  Measures both the rate that a particular piece of code is called and
  the histogram of its duration.
`Latency`::
  Special type that tracks latency (in microseconds) with a `Timer` plus
  a `Counter` that tracks the total latency accrued since starting. The
  former is useful if you track the change in total latency since the
  last check. Each metric name of this type will have 'Latency' and
  'TotalLatency' appended to it.
`Meter`::
  A meter metric which measures mean throughput and one-, five-, and
  fifteen-minute exponentially-weighted moving average throughputs.

== Table Metrics

Each table in Cassandra has metrics responsible for tracking its state
and performance.

The metric names are all appended with the specific `Keyspace` and
`Table` name.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.Table.<MetricName>.<Keyspace>.<Table>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=Table keyspace=<Keyspace> scope=<Table> name=<MetricName>`

[NOTE]
.Note
====
There is a special table called '`all`' without a keyspace. This
represents the aggregation of metrics across *all* tables and keyspaces
on the node.
====[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|MemtableOnHeapSize |Gauge<Long> |Total amount of data stored in the
memtable that resides *on*-heap, including column related overhead and
partitions overwritten.

|MemtableOffHeapSize |Gauge<Long> |Total amount of data stored in the
memtable that resides *off*-heap, including column related overhead and
partitions overwritten.

|MemtableLiveDataSize |Gauge<Long> |Total amount of live data stored in
the memtable, excluding any data structure overhead.

|AllMemtablesOnHeapSize |Gauge<Long> |Total amount of data stored in the
memtables (2i and pending flush memtables included) that resides
*on*-heap.

|AllMemtablesOffHeapSize |Gauge<Long> |Total amount of data stored in
the memtables (2i and pending flush memtables included) that resides
*off*-heap.

|AllMemtablesLiveDataSize |Gauge<Long> |Total amount of live data stored
in the memtables (2i and pending flush memtables included) that resides
off-heap, excluding any data structure overhead.

|MemtableColumnsCount |Gauge<Long> |Total number of columns present in
the memtable.

|MemtableSwitchCount |Counter |Number of times flush has resulted in the
memtable being switched out.

|CompressionRatio |Gauge<Double> |Current compression ratio for all
SSTables.

|EstimatedPartitionSizeHistogram |Gauge<long[]> |Histogram of estimated
partition size (in bytes).

|EstimatedPartitionCount |Gauge<Long> |Approximate number of keys in
table.

|EstimatedColumnCountHistogram |Gauge<long[]> |Histogram of estimated
number of columns.

|SSTablesPerReadHistogram |Histogram |Histogram of the number of sstable
data files accessed per single partition read. SSTables skipped due to
Bloom Filters, min-max key or partition index lookup are not taken into
acoount.

|ReadLatency |Latency |Local read latency for this table.

|RangeLatency |Latency |Local range scan latency for this table.

|WriteLatency |Latency |Local write latency for this table.

|CoordinatorReadLatency |Timer |Coordinator read latency for this table.

|CoordinatorWriteLatency |Timer |Coordinator write latency for this
table.

|CoordinatorScanLatency |Timer |Coordinator range scan latency for this
table.

|PendingFlushes |Counter |Estimated number of flush tasks pending for
this table.

|BytesFlushed |Counter |Total number of bytes flushed since server
[re]start.

|CompactionBytesWritten |Counter |Total number of bytes written by
compaction since server [re]start.

|PendingCompactions |Gauge<Integer> |Estimate of number of pending
compactions for this table.

|LiveSSTableCount |Gauge<Integer> |Number of SSTables on disk for this
table.

|LiveDiskSpaceUsed |Counter |Disk space used by SSTables belonging to
this table (in bytes).

|TotalDiskSpaceUsed |Counter |Total disk space used by SSTables
belonging to this table, including obsolete ones waiting to be GC'd.

|MinPartitionSize |Gauge<Long> |Size of the smallest compacted partition
(in bytes).

|MaxPartitionSize |Gauge<Long> |Size of the largest compacted partition
(in bytes).

|MeanPartitionSize |Gauge<Long> |Size of the average compacted partition
(in bytes).

|BloomFilterFalsePositives |Gauge<Long> |Number of false positives on
table's bloom filter.

|BloomFilterFalseRatio |Gauge<Double> |False positive ratio of table's
bloom filter.

|BloomFilterDiskSpaceUsed |Gauge<Long> |Disk space used by bloom filter
(in bytes).

|BloomFilterOffHeapMemoryUsed |Gauge<Long> |Off-heap memory used by
bloom filter.

|IndexSummaryOffHeapMemoryUsed |Gauge<Long> |Off-heap memory used by
index summary.

|CompressionMetadataOffHeapMemoryUsed |Gauge<Long> |Off-heap memory used
by compression meta data.

|KeyCacheHitRate |Gauge<Double> |Key cache hit rate for this table.

|TombstoneScannedHistogram |Histogram |Histogram of tombstones scanned
in queries on this table.

|LiveScannedHistogram |Histogram |Histogram of live cells scanned in
queries on this table.

|ColUpdateTimeDeltaHistogram |Histogram |Histogram of column update time
delta on this table.

|ViewLockAcquireTime |Timer |Time taken acquiring a partition lock for
materialized view updates on this table.

|ViewReadTime |Timer |Time taken during the local read of a materialized
view update.

|TrueSnapshotsSize |Gauge<Long> |Disk space used by snapshots of this
table including all SSTable components.

|RowCacheHitOutOfRange |Counter |Number of table row cache hits that do
not satisfy the query filter, thus went to disk.

|RowCacheHit |Counter |Number of table row cache hits.

|RowCacheMiss |Counter |Number of table row cache misses.

|CasPrepare |Latency |Latency of paxos prepare round.

|CasPropose |Latency |Latency of paxos propose round.

|CasCommit |Latency |Latency of paxos commit round.

|PercentRepaired |Gauge<Double> |Percent of table data that is repaired
on disk.

|BytesRepaired |Gauge<Long> |Size of table data repaired on disk

|BytesUnrepaired |Gauge<Long> |Size of table data unrepaired on disk

|BytesPendingRepair |Gauge<Long> |Size of table data isolated for an
ongoing incremental repair

|SpeculativeRetries |Counter |Number of times speculative retries were
sent for this table.

|SpeculativeFailedRetries |Counter |Number of speculative retries that
failed to prevent a timeout

|SpeculativeInsufficientReplicas |Counter |Number of speculative retries
that couldn't be attempted due to lack of replicas

|SpeculativeSampleLatencyNanos |Gauge<Long> |Number of nanoseconds to
wait before speculation is attempted. Value may be statically configured
or updated periodically based on coordinator latency.

|WaitingOnFreeMemtableSpace |Histogram |Histogram of time spent waiting
for free memtable space, either on- or off-heap.

|DroppedMutations |Counter |Number of dropped mutations on this table.

|AnticompactionTime |Timer |Time spent anticompacting before a
consistent repair.

|ValidationTime |Timer |Time spent doing validation compaction during
repair.

|SyncTime |Timer |Time spent doing streaming during repair.

|BytesValidated |Histogram |Histogram over the amount of bytes read
during validation.

|PartitionsValidated |Histogram |Histogram over the number of partitions
read during validation.

|BytesAnticompacted |Counter |How many bytes we anticompacted.

|BytesMutatedAnticompaction |Counter |How many bytes we avoided
anticompacting because the sstable was fully contained in the repaired
range.

|MutatedAnticompactionGauge |Gauge<Double> |Ratio of bytes mutated vs
total bytes repaired.
|===

== Keyspace Metrics

Each keyspace in Cassandra has metrics responsible for tracking its
state and performance.

Most of these metrics are the same as the `Table Metrics` above, only
they are aggregated at the Keyspace level. The keyspace specific metrics
are specified in the table below.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.keyspace.<MetricName>.<Keyspace>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=Keyspace scope=<Keyspace> name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|WriteFailedIdeaCL |Counter |Number of writes that failed to achieve the
configured ideal consistency level or 0 if none is configured

|IdealCLWriteLatency |Latency |Coordinator latency of writes at the
configured ideal consistency level. No values are recorded if ideal
consistency level is not configured

|RepairTime |Timer |Total time spent as repair coordinator.

|RepairPrepareTime |Timer |Total time spent preparing for repair.
|===

== ThreadPool Metrics

Cassandra splits work of a particular type into its own thread pool.
This provides back-pressure and asynchrony for requests on a node. It's
important to monitor the state of these thread pools since they can tell
you how saturated a node is.

The metric names are all appended with the specific `ThreadPool` name.
The thread pools are also categorized under a specific type.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.ThreadPools.<MetricName>.<Path>.<ThreadPoolName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=ThreadPools path=<Path> scope=<ThreadPoolName> name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|ActiveTasks |Gauge<Integer> |Number of tasks being actively worked on
by this pool.

|PendingTasks |Gauge<Integer> |Number of queued tasks queued up on this
pool.

|CompletedTasks |Counter |Number of tasks completed.

|TotalBlockedTasks |Counter |Number of tasks that were blocked due to
queue saturation.

|CurrentlyBlockedTask |Counter |Number of tasks that are currently
blocked due to queue saturation but on retry will become unblocked.

|MaxPoolSize |Gauge<Integer> |The maximum number of threads in this
pool.

|MaxTasksQueued |Gauge<Integer> |The maximum number of tasks queued
before a task get blocked.
|===

The following thread pools can be monitored.

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|Native-Transport-Requests |transport |Handles client CQL requests

|CounterMutationStage |request |Responsible for counter writes

|ViewMutationStage |request |Responsible for materialized view writes

|MutationStage |request |Responsible for all other writes

|ReadRepairStage |request |ReadRepair happens on this thread pool

|ReadStage |request |Local reads run on this thread pool

|RequestResponseStage |request |Coordinator requests to the cluster run
on this thread pool

|AntiEntropyStage |internal |Builds merkle tree for repairs

|CacheCleanupExecutor |internal |Cache maintenance performed on this
thread pool

|CompactionExecutor |internal |Compactions are run on these threads

|GossipStage |internal |Handles gossip requests

|HintsDispatcher |internal |Performs hinted handoff

|InternalResponseStage |internal |Responsible for intra-cluster
callbacks

|MemtableFlushWriter |internal |Writes memtables to disk

|MemtablePostFlush |internal |Cleans up commit log after memtable is
written to disk

|MemtableReclaimMemory |internal |Memtable recycling

|MigrationStage |internal |Runs schema migrations

|MiscStage |internal |Misceleneous tasks run here

|PendingRangeCalculator |internal |Calculates token range

|PerDiskMemtableFlushWriter_0 |internal |Responsible for writing a spec
(there is one of these per disk 0-N)

|Sampler |internal |Responsible for re-sampling the index summaries of
SStables

|SecondaryIndexManagement |internal |Performs updates to secondary
indexes

|ValidationExecutor |internal |Performs validation compaction or
scrubbing

|ViewBuildExecutor |internal |Performs materialized views initial build
|===

== Client Request Metrics

Client requests have their own set of metrics that encapsulate the work
happening at coordinator level.

Different types of client requests are broken down by `RequestType`.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.ClientRequest.<MetricName>.<RequestType>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=ClientRequest scope=<RequestType> name=<MetricName>`

RequestType::
  CASRead
Description::
  Metrics related to transactional read requests.
Metrics::
  [cols=",,",options="header",]
  |===
  |Name |Type |Description
  |Timeouts |Counter |Number of timeouts encountered.

  |Failures |Counter |Number of transaction failures encountered.

  |  |Latency |Transaction read latency.

  |Unavailables |Counter |Number of unavailable exceptions encountered.

  |UnfinishedCommit |Counter |Number of transactions that were committed
  on read.

  |ConditionNotMet |Counter |Number of transaction preconditions did not
  match current values.

  |ContentionHistogram |Histogram |How many contended reads were
  encountered
  |===
RequestType::
  CASWrite
Description::
  Metrics related to transactional write requests.
Metrics::
  [cols=",,",options="header",]
  |===
  |Name |Type |Description
  |Timeouts |Counter |Number of timeouts encountered.

  |Failures |Counter |Number of transaction failures encountered.

  |  |Latency |Transaction write latency.

  |UnfinishedCommit |Counter |Number of transactions that were committed
  on write.

  |ConditionNotMet |Counter |Number of transaction preconditions did not
  match current values.

  |ContentionHistogram |Histogram |How many contended writes were
  encountered

  |MutationSizeHistogram |Histogram |Total size in bytes of the requests
  mutations.
  |===
RequestType::
  Read
Description::
  Metrics related to standard read requests.
Metrics::
  [cols=",,",options="header",]
  |===
  |Name |Type |Description
  |Timeouts |Counter |Number of timeouts encountered.
  |Failures |Counter |Number of read failures encountered.
  |  |Latency |Read latency.
  |Unavailables |Counter |Number of unavailable exceptions encountered.
  |===
RequestType::
  RangeSlice
Description::
  Metrics related to token range read requests.
Metrics::
  [cols=",,",options="header",]
  |===
  |Name |Type |Description
  |Timeouts |Counter |Number of timeouts encountered.
  |Failures |Counter |Number of range query failures encountered.
  |  |Latency |Range query latency.
  |Unavailables |Counter |Number of unavailable exceptions encountered.
  |===
RequestType::
  Write
Description::
  Metrics related to regular write requests.
Metrics::
  [cols=",,",options="header",]
  |===
  |Name |Type |Description
  |Timeouts |Counter |Number of timeouts encountered.

  |Failures |Counter |Number of write failures encountered.

  |  |Latency |Write latency.

  |Unavailables |Counter |Number of unavailable exceptions encountered.

  |MutationSizeHistogram |Histogram |Total size in bytes of the requests
  mutations.
  |===
RequestType::
  ViewWrite
Description::
  Metrics related to materialized view write wrtes.
Metrics::
  [cols=",,",]
  |===
  |Timeouts |Counter |Number of timeouts encountered.

  |Failures |Counter |Number of transaction failures encountered.

  |Unavailables |Counter |Number of unavailable exceptions encountered.

  |ViewReplicasAttempted |Counter |Total number of attempted view
  replica writes.

  |ViewReplicasSuccess |Counter |Total number of succeded view replica
  writes.

  |ViewPendingMutations |Gauge<Long> |ViewReplicasAttempted -
  ViewReplicasSuccess.

  |ViewWriteLatency |Timer |Time between when mutation is applied to
  base table and when CL.ONE is achieved on view.
  |===

== Cache Metrics

Cassandra caches have metrics to track the effectivness of the caches.
Though the `Table Metrics` might be more useful.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.Cache.<MetricName>.<CacheName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=Cache scope=<CacheName> name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|Capacity |Gauge<Long> |Cache capacity in bytes.
|Entries |Gauge<Integer> |Total number of cache entries.
|FifteenMinuteCacheHitRate |Gauge<Double> |15m cache hit rate.
|FiveMinuteCacheHitRate |Gauge<Double> |5m cache hit rate.
|OneMinuteCacheHitRate |Gauge<Double> |1m cache hit rate.
|HitRate |Gauge<Double> |All time cache hit rate.
|Hits |Meter |Total number of cache hits.
|Misses |Meter |Total number of cache misses.
|MissLatency |Timer |Latency of misses.
|Requests |Gauge<Long> |Total number of cache requests.
|Size |Gauge<Long> |Total size of occupied cache, in bytes.
|===

The following caches are covered:

[cols=",",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Description
|CounterCache |Keeps hot counters in memory for performance.
|ChunkCache |In process uncompressed page cache.
|KeyCache |Cache for partition to sstable offsets.
|RowCache |Cache for rows kept in memory.
|===

[NOTE]
.Note
====
Misses and MissLatency are only defined for the ChunkCache
====== CQL Metrics

Metrics specific to CQL prepared statement caching.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.CQL.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=CQL name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|PreparedStatementsCount |Gauge<Integer> |Number of cached prepared
statements.

|PreparedStatementsEvicted |Counter |Number of prepared statements
evicted from the prepared statement cache

|PreparedStatementsExecuted |Counter |Number of prepared statements
executed.

|RegularStatementsExecuted |Counter |Number of *non* prepared statements
executed.

|PreparedStatementsRatio |Gauge<Double> |Percentage of statements that
are prepared vs unprepared.
|===

[[dropped-metrics]]
== DroppedMessage Metrics

Metrics specific to tracking dropped messages for different types of
requests. Dropped writes are stored and retried by `Hinted Handoff`

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.DroppedMessage.<MetricName>.<Type>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=DroppedMessage scope=<Type> name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|CrossNodeDroppedLatency |Timer |The dropped latency across nodes.
|InternalDroppedLatency |Timer |The dropped latency within node.
|Dropped |Meter |Number of dropped messages.
|===

The different types of messages tracked are:

[cols=",",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Description
|BATCH_STORE |Batchlog write
|BATCH_REMOVE |Batchlog cleanup (after succesfully applied)
|COUNTER_MUTATION |Counter writes
|HINT |Hint replay
|MUTATION |Regular writes
|READ |Regular reads
|READ_REPAIR |Read repair
|PAGED_SLICE |Paged read
|RANGE_SLICE |Token range read
|REQUEST_RESPONSE |RPC Callbacks
|_TRACE |Tracing writes
|===

== Streaming Metrics

Metrics reported during `Streaming` operations, such as repair,
bootstrap, rebuild.

These metrics are specific to a peer endpoint, with the source node
being the node you are pulling the metrics from.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.Streaming.<MetricName>.<PeerIP>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=Streaming scope=<PeerIP> name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|IncomingBytes |Counter |Number of bytes streamed to this node from the
peer.

|OutgoingBytes |Counter |Number of bytes streamed to the peer endpoint
from this node.
|===

== Compaction Metrics

Metrics specific to `Compaction` work.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.Compaction.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=Compaction name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|BytesCompacted |Counter |Total number of bytes compacted since server
[re]start.

|PendingTasks |Gauge<Integer> |Estimated number of compactions remaining
to perform.

|CompletedTasks |Gauge<Long> |Number of completed compactions since
server [re]start.

|TotalCompactionsCompleted |Meter |Throughput of completed compactions
since server [re]start.

|PendingTasksByTableName |Gauge<Map<String, Map<String, Integer>>>
|Estimated number of compactions remaining to perform, grouped by
keyspace and then table name. This info is also kept in `Table Metrics`.
|===

== CommitLog Metrics

Metrics specific to the `CommitLog`

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.CommitLog.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=CommitLog name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|CompletedTasks |Gauge<Long> |Total number of commit log messages
written since [re]start.

|PendingTasks |Gauge<Long> |Number of commit log messages written but
yet to be fsync'd.

|TotalCommitLogSize |Gauge<Long> |Current size, in bytes, used by all
the commit log segments.

|WaitingOnSegmentAllocation |Timer |Time spent waiting for a
CommitLogSegment to be allocated - under normal conditions this should
be zero.

|WaitingOnCommit |Timer |The time spent waiting on CL fsync; for
Periodic this is only occurs when the sync is lagging its sync interval.
|===

== Storage Metrics

Metrics specific to the storage engine.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.Storage.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=Storage name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|Exceptions |Counter |Number of internal exceptions caught. Under normal
exceptions this should be zero.

|Load |Counter |Size, in bytes, of the on disk data size this node
manages.

|TotalHints |Counter |Number of hint messages written to this node since
[re]start. Includes one entry for each host to be hinted per hint.

|TotalHintsInProgress |Counter |Number of hints attemping to be sent
currently.
|===

[[handoff-metrics]]
== HintedHandoff Metrics

Metrics specific to Hinted Handoff. There are also some metrics related
to hints tracked in `Storage Metrics`

These metrics include the peer endpoint *in the metric name*

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.HintedHandOffManager.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=HintedHandOffManager name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|Hints_created-<PeerIP> a|
____
Counter
____

a|
____
Number of hints on disk for this peer.
____

|Hints_not_stored-<PeerIP> a|
____
Counter
____

a|
____
Number of hints not stored for this peer, due to being down past the
configured hint window.
____

|===

== HintsService Metrics

Metrics specific to the Hints delivery service. There are also some
metrics related to hints tracked in `Storage Metrics`

These metrics include the peer endpoint *in the metric name*

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.HintsService.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=HintsService name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|HintsSucceeded a|
____
Meter
____

a|
____
A meter of the hints successfully delivered
____

|HintsFailed a|
____
Meter
____

a|
____
A meter of the hints that failed deliver
____

|HintsTimedOut a|
____
Meter
____

a|
____
A meter of the hints that timed out
____

|Hint_delays |Histogram |Histogram of hint delivery delays (in
milliseconds)

|Hint_delays-<PeerIP> |Histogram |Histogram of hint delivery delays (in
milliseconds) per peer
|===

== SSTable Index Metrics

Metrics specific to the SSTable index metadata.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.Index.<MetricName>.RowIndexEntry`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=Index scope=RowIndexEntry name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|IndexedEntrySize |Histogram |Histogram of the on-heap size, in bytes,
of the index across all SSTables.

|IndexInfoCount |Histogram |Histogram of the number of on-heap index
entries managed across all SSTables.

|IndexInfoGets |Histogram |Histogram of the number index seeks performed
per SSTable.
|===

== BufferPool Metrics

Metrics specific to the internal recycled buffer pool Cassandra manages.
This pool is meant to keep allocations and GC lower by recycling on and
off heap buffers.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.BufferPool.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=BufferPool name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|Size |Gauge<Long> |Size, in bytes, of the managed buffer pool

|Misses |Meter a|
____
The rate of misses in the pool. The higher this is the more allocations
incurred.
____

|===

== Client Metrics

Metrics specifc to client managment.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.Client.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=Client name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|connectedNativeClients |Gauge<Integer> |Number of clients connected to
this nodes native protocol server
|===

== Batch Metrics

Metrics specifc to batch statements.

Reported name format:

*Metric Name*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics.Batch.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `org.apache.cassandra.metrics:type=Batch name=<MetricName>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|PartitionsPerCounterBatch |Histogram |Distribution of the number of
partitions processed per counter batch

|PartitionsPerLoggedBatch |Histogram |Distribution of the number of
partitions processed per logged batch

|PartitionsPerUnloggedBatch |Histogram |Distribution of the number of
partitions processed per unlogged batch
|===

== JVM Metrics

JVM metrics such as memory and garbage collection statistics can either
be accessed by connecting to the JVM using JMX or can be exported using
link:#metric-reporters[Metric Reporters].

=== BufferPool

*Metric Name*::
  `jvm.buffers.<direct|mapped>.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `java.nio:type=BufferPool name=<direct|mapped>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|Capacity |Gauge<Long> |Estimated total capacity of the buffers in this
pool

|Count |Gauge<Long> |Estimated number of buffers in the pool

|Used |Gauge<Long> |Estimated memory that the Java virtual machine is
using for this buffer pool
|===

=== FileDescriptorRatio

*Metric Name*::
  `jvm.fd.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `java.lang:type=OperatingSystem name=<OpenFileDescriptorCount|MaxFileDescriptorCount>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|Usage |Ratio |Ratio of used to total file descriptors
|===

=== GarbageCollector

*Metric Name*::
  `jvm.gc.<gc_type>.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `java.lang:type=GarbageCollector name=<gc_type>`

[cols=",,",options="header",]
|===
|Name |Type |Description
|Count |Gauge<Long> |Total number of collections that have occurred

|Time |Gauge<Long> |Approximate accumulated collection elapsed time in
milliseconds
|===

=== Memory

*Metric Name*::
  `jvm.memory.<heap/non-heap/total>.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `java.lang:type=Memory`

[cols=",,",]
|===
|Committed |Gauge<Long> |Amount of memory in bytes that is committed for
the JVM to use

|Init |Gauge<Long> |Amount of memory in bytes that the JVM initially
requests from the OS

|Max |Gauge<Long> |Maximum amount of memory in bytes that can be used
for memory management

|Usage |Ratio |Ratio of used to maximum memory

|Used |Gauge<Long> |Amount of used memory in bytes
|===

=== MemoryPool

*Metric Name*::
  `jvm.memory.pools.<memory_pool>.<MetricName>`
*JMX MBean*::
  `java.lang:type=MemoryPool name=<memory_pool>`

[cols=",,",]
|===
|Committed |Gauge<Long> |Amount of memory in bytes that is committed for
the JVM to use

|Init |Gauge<Long> |Amount of memory in bytes that the JVM initially
requests from the OS

|Max |Gauge<Long> |Maximum amount of memory in bytes that can be used
for memory management

|Usage |Ratio |Ratio of used to maximum memory

|Used |Gauge<Long> |Amount of used memory in bytes
|===

== JMX

Any JMX based client can access metrics from cassandra.

If you wish to access JMX metrics over http it's possible to download
http://mx4j.sourceforge.net/[Mx4jTool] and place `mx4j-tools.jar` into
the classpath. On startup you will see in the log:

[source,none]
----
HttpAdaptor version 3.0.2 started on port 8081
----

To choose a different port (8081 is the default) or a different listen
address (0.0.0.0 is not the default) edit `conf/cassandra-env.sh` and
uncomment:

[source,none]
----
#MX4J_ADDRESS="-Dmx4jaddress=0.0.0.0"

#MX4J_PORT="-Dmx4jport=8081"
----

== Metric Reporters

As mentioned at the top of this section on monitoring the Cassandra
metrics can be exported to a number of monitoring system a number of
http://metrics.dropwizard.io/3.1.0/getting-started/#other-reporting[built
in] and http://metrics.dropwizard.io/3.1.0/manual/third-party/[third
party] reporter plugins.

The configuration of these plugins is managed by the
https://github.com/addthis/metrics-reporter-config[metrics reporter
config project]. There is a sample configuration file located at
`conf/metrics-reporter-config-sample.yaml`.

Once configured, you simply start cassandra with the flag
`-Dcassandra.metricsReporterConfigFile=metrics-reporter-config.yaml`.
The specified .yaml file plus any 3rd party reporter jars must all be in
Cassandra's classpath.
