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HDFS Metrics

Reference information for HDFS 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 HDFS:

  • 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.

Description
The number of alerts.
Unit
events per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0), [CM -1.0.0..CM -1.0.0]
Description
The block capacity of the NameNode
Unit
blocks
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Blocks total
Unit
blocks
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Blocks with corrupt replicas
Unit
blocks
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Duration of the last or currently running canary job
Unit
ms
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Time since last FsImage was fetched by Cloudera Reports Manager
Unit
seconds
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Time since last FsImage was indexed By Cloudera Reports Manager
Unit
seconds
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Total configured HDFS storage capacity
Unit
bytes
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Storage space used by HDFS files
Unit
bytes
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Storage space used by non-HDFS files
Unit
bytes
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
The number of critical events.
Unit
events per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0), [CM -1.0.0..CM -1.0.0]
Description
The number of important events.
Unit
events per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0), [CM -1.0.0..CM -1.0.0]
Description
The number of informational events.
Unit
events per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0), [CM -1.0.0..CM -1.0.0]
Description
The total number of excess blocks
Unit
blocks
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
The number of expired heartbeats
Unit
heartbeats
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
The number of files and directories in the HDFS
Unit
files
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Percentage of Time with Bad Health
Unit
seconds per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0), [CM -1.0.0..CM -1.0.0]
Description
Percentage of Time with Concerning Health
Unit
seconds per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0), [CM -1.0.0..CM -1.0.0]
Description
Percentage of Time with Disabled Health
Unit
seconds per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0), [CM -1.0.0..CM -1.0.0]
Description
Percentage of Time with Good Health
Unit
seconds per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0), [CM -1.0.0..CM -1.0.0]
Description
Percentage of Time with Unknown Health
Unit
seconds per second
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0), [CM -1.0.0..CM -1.0.0]
Description
Missing blocks
Unit
blocks
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
The number of replicas pending deletion.
Unit
replicas
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
The number of blocks with replication pending
Unit
blocks
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
The number of blocks with replication currently scheduled
Unit
blocks
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Under-replicated blocks
Unit
blocks
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)
Description
Transceivers
Unit
transceivers
Parents
cluster
CDH Version
[CDH 5.0.0..CDH 6.0.0), [CDH 6.0.0..CDH 7.0.0), [CDH 7.0.0..CDH 8.0.0)