CloudWatch Metric Guide

namespace/AWS/DynamoDB

Amazon DynamoDB CloudWatch AlarmsThresholds, failures, and debugging guides

4 CloudWatch metrics covered for Amazon DynamoDB. Each guide includes the recommended alarm threshold, common root causes, and how Nuberio automatically diagnoses it when it fires.

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Amazon DynamoDB metrics

AWS/DynamoDB

ConsumedReadCapacityUnits

Count

ConsumedReadCapacityUnits reports the number of read capacity units consumed over the specified time period for a DynamoDB table or global secondary index.

Threshold

> 80% of provisioned read capacity (for provisioned mode tables)

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ThrottledRequests

Count

ThrottledRequests counts requests to DynamoDB that were throttled because the request rate exceeded the provisioned throughput limits for the table or index.

Threshold

> 0 for provisioned capacity tables; > 0 as a cost and latency alert for on-demand tables

AWS/DynamoDB

ConsumedWriteCapacityUnits

Count

ConsumedWriteCapacityUnits reports the number of write capacity units consumed over the specified time period for a DynamoDB table or global secondary index, for both provisioned and on-demand capacity modes.

Threshold

> 80% of provisioned write capacity (for provisioned mode tables)

AWS/DynamoDB

SuccessfulRequestLatency

Milliseconds

SuccessfulRequestLatency measures the elapsed time for successful requests to DynamoDB or DynamoDB Streams, broken down by the TableName and Operation dimensions. It reflects latency inside DynamoDB only — not network or client-side time.

Threshold

p99 SuccessfulRequestLatency for a given Operation sustained noticeably above that operation's own rolling baseline (e.g., 2–3x the typical p99 for 5+ minutes)

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