Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey added ElastiCache Insights, a pre-built Amazon CloudWatch dashboard visualizing cluster health, memory usage, compute, network performance, commands throughput, latency, keyspace data, and errors from OpenTelemetry metrics. This centralized view helps operators detect resource limits and troubleshoot across nodes, shards, and availability zones.
The product supports detailed monitoring with customizable metric publication every 15 seconds, aiding rapid diagnosis and capacity planning. The feature is available for all node-based Valkey clusters in AWS Regions supporting CloudWatch OpenTelemetry metrics, with costs for detailed monitoring metrics applying per CloudWatch pricing.
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Amazon ElastiCache for Valkey introduces ElastiCache Insights ↗Source published 2026-10-12. This report was prepared with AI assistance from the linked primary-source material. Claims and limitations should be checked against the original announcement or research.