RDSIOPSUtilization #
Meaning #
Alert is triggered when RDS instance is close to its max allocated IOPS.
Impact #
Performances could be degraded.
Diagnosis #
Open the
RDS server
main dashboardOpen RDS Performance insights to identify IOPS-intensive queries
Mitigation #
Kill SQL queries that generate intensive IOPS
If specific to an application, report the issue to the application owner to improve the query
Increase provisioned IOPS if possible (
gp3
orio1
storage class). Be aware that some instances have IOPS limits.
Additional resources #
n/a