In OceanBase Cloud, an instance refers to an OceanBase database instance and the required resources associated with it, such as server nodes and VPCs. After you create an instance in the OceanBase Cloud console, you can view the details of all OceanBase instances in the current project.
View basic information of an instance
You can click the name of an instance in the instance list to go to the Overview page of the instance to view the basic information of the instance.
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Type | The type of the instance. |
| Cloud Vendor | The cloud service provider of the instance. |
| Region | The region to which the instance belongs. |
| Deployment Mode | The deployment mode of the instance. |
| OceanBase Version | The OceanBase Database version of the instance. |
| Full-featured Replicas | The number of full-featured replica nodes of the instance. |
| Cross-zone Failover | This field is displayed only for instances deployed in the single-IDC (1 node) mode. An instance deployed in the single-IDC (1 node) mode supports cross-zone failover. You can configure Random Zone or Designated Zone mode.
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| Created At | The creation time of the instance. |
| Primary Zone | The primary zone of the instance. |
| Time Zone | Set the time zone of the instance. |
| Data Compaction | The time point at which the instance performs data compaction daily. You can initiate a data compaction or modify the compaction time from the Actions drop-down list. |
| Maintenance Window | The maintenance window of the instance. |
| Character Set | The character set type of the instance. |
| Tag | The tag information of the instance. |
| Remarks | The remarks of the instance. |
View performance monitoring metrics
You can view the performance monitoring metrics including QPS, TPS, and average SQL statement processing time of the current instance in the Performance Monitoring section. You can also click View All in the upper right corner to view more instance monitoring metrics. For more information, see View database performance monitoring metrics.
| Monitoring item | Metric | Unit | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| QPS | sql_all_count | time/s | The number of SQL statements processed per second. |
| TPS | transaction_count | time/s | The number of transactions processed per second. |
| Average SQL Statement Processing Time | sql_all_rt | ms | The average SQL statement processing time. |
View the topology
In the topology section, you can view the deployment status of the current instance and modify the configurations and settings based on the actual resource usage.
Related operations
On the Overview page of the instance, you can perform the following actions:
Click the connection icon in the upper-right corner Connect to obtain the connection string to connect to the instance or log in to the SQL console. For more information, see Connect to an instance and Log in to the SQL console.
Click the More icon in the upper-right corner and select Release to release the instance. For more information, see Release an instance.
Click the More icon in the upper-right corner and select Stop Temporarily to temporarily stop the service of the current instance. For more information, see Stop or start an instance.