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How do I get data storage used on my AWS RDS?

I am using AWS RDS. To start with I started with storage of 10 GB. I need to import more data into my MySQL. Need to know how much free space is available ! How can I do that ? It is not an EC2 instance on which I could have run df linux command.

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Deepak Singhal Avatar asked Nov 21 '12 17:11

Deepak Singhal


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Have a look at the FreeStorageSpace metric.

It can be found in Cloudwatch, under RDS metrics.

Metric in Cloudwatch

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tkotisis Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 23:09

tkotisis