# Monitor performance

Pinecone generates time-series performance metrics for each Pinecone index. You can monitor these metrics directly in the Pinecone console or with tools like Prometheus or Datadog.

## Monitor in the Pinecone Console

To view performance metrics in the Pinecone console:

1. Open the [Pinecone console](https://app.pinecone.io/organizations/-/projects).
2. Select the project containing the index you want to monitor.
3. Go to **Database > Indexes**.
4. Select the index.
5. Go to the **Metrics** tab.

## Monitor with Datadog

To monitor Pinecone with Datadog, use Datadog's [Pinecone integration](/guides/connect-an-integration-datadog).

:::callout{intent="note"}
This feature is available on the [Builder, Standard, and Enterprise plans](https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/).
:::

## Monitor with Prometheus

:::callout{intent="note"}
This feature is available on the [Builder, Standard, and Enterprise plans](https://www.pinecone.io/pricing/). When using [Bring Your Own Cloud](/guides/move-to-production-bring-your-own-cloud), you must configure Prometheus monitoring within your VPC.
:::

To monitor all serverless indexes in a project, insert the following snippet into the [`scrape_configs`](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/#scrape_config) section of your `prometheus.yml` file and update it with values for your Prometheus integration:

:::callout{intent="note"}
This method uses [HTTP service discovery](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/http_sd/) to automatically discover and target all serverless indexes across all regions in a project.
:::

```YAML theme={null}
global:
  scrape_interval: 15s

scrape_configs:
  - job_name: 'pinecone-serverless-metrics'
    http_sd_configs:
      - url: https://api.pinecone.io/prometheus/projects/PROJECT_ID/metrics/discovery
        refresh_interval: 1m
        authorization:
          type: Bearer
          credentials: API_KEY
    authorization:
      type: Bearer
      credentials: API_KEY
```

- Replace `PROJECT_ID` with the unique ID of the project you want to monitor. You can [find the project ID](/guides/admin-projects-understanding-projects#project-ids) in the Pinecone console.

- Replace both instances of `API_KEY` with an API key for the project you want to monitor. The first instance is for service discovery, and the second instance is for the discovered targets. If necessary, you can [create an new API key](/guides/admin-projects-manage-api-keys) in the Pinecone console.

For more configuration details, see the [Prometheus docs](https://prometheus.io/docs/prometheus/latest/configuration/configuration/).

### Available metrics

The following metrics are available when you integrate Pinecone with Prometheus:

| Name                                         | Type    | Description                                                                                                                                                          |
| :------------------------------------------- | :------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `pinecone_db_record_total`                   | gauge   | The total number of records in the index.                                                                                                                            |
| `pinecone_db_storage_size_bytes`             | gauge   | The total size of the index in bytes.                                                                                                                                |
| `pinecone_db_op_upsert_count`                | counter | The number of [upsert](/guides/index-data-upsert-data) requests.                                                                                                     |
| `pinecone_db_op_upsert_duration_sum`         | counter | The total time taken processing [upsert](/guides/index-data-upsert-data) requests in milliseconds.                                                                   |
| `pinecone_db_op_query_count`                 | counter | The number of [query](/guides/index-data-search-search-overview) requests.                                                                                           |
| `pinecone_db_op_query_duration_sum`          | counter | The total time taken processing [query](/guides/index-data-search-search-overview) requests in milliseconds.                                                         |
| `pinecone_db_op_fetch_count`                 | counter | The number of [fetch](/guides/manage-data-fetch-data) requests.                                                                                                      |
| `pinecone_db_op_fetch_duration_sum`          | counter | The total time taken processing [fetch](/guides/manage-data-fetch-data) requests in milliseconds.                                                                    |
| `pinecone_db_op_update_count`                | counter | The number of [update](/guides/manage-data-update-data) requests.                                                                                                    |
| `pinecone_db_op_update_duration_sum`         | counter | The total time taken processing [update](/guides/manage-data-update-data) requests in milliseconds.                                                                  |
| `pinecone_db_op_delete_count`                | counter | The number of [delete](/guides/manage-data-delete-data) requests.                                                                                                    |
| `pinecone_db_op_delete_duration_sum`         | counter | The total time taken processing [delete](/guides/manage-data-delete-data) requests in milliseconds.                                                                  |
| `pinecone_db_op_list_count`                  | counter | The number of [list](/guides/manage-data-list-record-ids) requests.                                                                                                  |
| `pinecone_db_op_list_duration_sum`           | counter | The total time taken processing [list](/guides/manage-data-list-record-ids) requests in milliseconds.                                                                |
| `pinecone_db_write_unit_count`               | counter | The total number of [write units](/guides/manage-cost-understanding-cost#write-units) consumed by an index.                                                          |
| `pinecone_db_read_unit_count`                | counter | The total number of [read units](/guides/manage-cost-understanding-cost#read-units) consumed by an index.                                                            |
| `pinecone_db_scheduled_backup_failure_total` | counter | The number of terminal failures for [scheduled backup](/guides/manage-data-back-up-an-index) create operations.                                                      |
| `pinecone_db_drn_cpu_usage_percent`          | gauge   | The CPU usage percentage for a [dedicated read node](/guides/index-data-dedicated-read-nodes-overview) shard, averaged across replicas.                              |
| `pinecone_db_index_fullness`                 | gauge   | The greater of storage and memory fullness for a [dedicated read nodes](/guides/index-data-dedicated-read-nodes-overview) index, on a scale of 0 to 1.               |
| `pinecone_db_index_memory_fullness`          | gauge   | The memory used by a [dedicated read nodes](/guides/index-data-dedicated-read-nodes-overview) index as a ratio of its total memory capacity, on a scale of 0 to 1.   |
| `pinecone_db_index_storage_fullness`         | gauge   | The storage used by a [dedicated read nodes](/guides/index-data-dedicated-read-nodes-overview) index as a ratio of its total storage capacity, on a scale of 0 to 1. |

### Metric labels

Each metric contains the following labels:

| Label           | Description                                                                  |
| :-------------- | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `index_name`    | Name of the index to which the metric applies.                               |
| `cloud`         | Cloud where the index is deployed: `aws`, `gcp`, or `azure`.                 |
| `region`        | Region where the index is deployed.                                          |
| `capacity_mode` | Type of index: `serverless` or `byoc`.                                       |
| `instance`      | Server instance (only available for counter metrics).                        |
| `shard_id`      | Shard identifier (only available for per-shard dedicated read node metrics). |

### Example queries

Return the total number of records per index:

```shell theme={null}
sum by (index_name) (pinecone_db_record_total)
```

Return the total number of records in Pinecone index `docs-example`:

```shell theme={null}
pinecone_db_record_total{index_name="docs-example"}
```

For each index, return the total number of upsert requests per second:

```shell theme={null}
sum by (index_name) (rate(pinecone_db_op_upsert_count[5m]))
```

Return the average processing time in milliseconds for upsert requests per index:

```shell theme={null}
(sum by (index_name) (rate(pinecone_db_op_upsert_duration_sum[1m])))/(sum by (index_name) (rate(pinecone_db_op_upsert_count[1m])))
```

For each index, return the total number of read units consumed per second:

```shell theme={null}
sum by (index_name) (rate(pinecone_db_read_unit_count[5m]))
```

Return the total write units consumed per second for the Pinecone index `docs-example`:

```shell theme={null}
sum (rate(pinecone_db_write_unit_count{index_name="docs-example"}[5m]))
```

Return the highest CPU usage percentage across all shards of Pinecone index `docs-example`:

```shell theme={null}
max(pinecone_db_drn_cpu_usage_percent{index_name="docs-example"})
```

For each dedicated read nodes index, return the highest CPU usage percentage across its shards:

```shell theme={null}
max by (index_name) (pinecone_db_drn_cpu_usage_percent)
```

Return the fullness of Pinecone index `docs-example`:

```shell theme={null}
pinecone_db_index_fullness{index_name="docs-example"}
```

Return the indexes that are at least 80% full:

```shell theme={null}
pinecone_db_index_fullness >= 0.8
```

## Related pages

- [Account management](./account-management-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-2-index.md)
- [Admin](./admin-index.md)
- [APIs](./apis-index.md)
- [Architecture](./architecture-index.md)
- [Assistants](./assistants-index.md)
- [Bring Your Own Cloud](./bring-your-own-cloud-index.md)
- [Build an assistant](./build-an-assistant-index.md)
- [Build an integration](./build-an-integration-index.md)
- [Changelog](./changelog-index.md)

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