Impala Metrics

Reference information for Impala Metrics

In addition to these base metrics, many aggregate metrics are available. If an entity type has parents defined, you can formulate all possible aggregate metrics using the formula base_metric_across_parents.

In addition, metrics for aggregate totals can be formed by adding the prefix total_ to the front of the metric name.

Use the type-ahead feature in the Cloudera Manager chart browser to find the exact aggregate metric name, in case the plural form does not end in "s".

For example, the following metric names may be valid for Impala:

  • alerts_rate_across_clusters
  • total_alerts_rate_across_clusters

Some metrics, such as alerts_rate, apply to nearly every metric context. Others only apply to a certain service or role.

alerts_rate

Description
The number of alerts.
Unit
events per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

events_critical_rate

Description
The number of critical events.
Unit
events per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

events_important_rate

Description
The number of important events.
Unit
events per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

events_informational_rate

Description
The number of informational events.
Unit
events per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

health_bad_rate

Description
Percentage of Time with Bad Health
Unit
seconds per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

health_concerning_rate

Description
Percentage of Time with Concerning Health
Unit
seconds per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

health_disabled_rate

Description
Percentage of Time with Disabled Health
Unit
seconds per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

health_good_rate

Description
Percentage of Time with Good Health
Unit
seconds per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

health_unknown_rate

Description
Percentage of Time with Unknown Health
Unit
seconds per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

queries_ingested_rate

Description
Impala queries ingested by the Service Monitor
Unit
queries per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

queries_oom_rate

Description
Impala queries for which memory consumption exceeded what was allowed
Unit
queries per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

queries_rejected_rate

Description
Impala queries rejected from admission, commonly due to the queue being full or insufficient memory
Unit
queries per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

queries_spilled_memory_rate

Description
Impala queries that spilled to disk
Unit
queries per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

queries_successful_rate

Description
Impala queries that ran to completion successfully
Unit
queries per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7

queries_timed_out_rate

Description
Impala queries that timed out waiting in queue during admission
Unit
queries per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
CDH 5, CDH 6, CDH 7