SQL Server Monitoring – Always On traffic

This blog is part of the blog series named SQL Server Monitoring.

Purpose

To show the Always On traffic over time.

Sources

This feature queries the DMV sys.dm_os_performance_counters which returns a row per performance counter that is in the master data table dbo.fhsmPerfmonCounters.

Report

The report has 2 clustered column charts, where the left are showing average number of bytes sent over time, and the right are showing the average number of bytes received from replicas over time.

Model

The model for the report uses the fact [Performance statistics] and the dimensions [Date], [Time] and [Performance counter].

It is the same model that are used by the Performance statistics and Resource Governor report.

Configuration

There is no configuration for this feature.

Scheduling

The default schedule for the feature is every 5 minutes (300 seconds).

Retention

The default retention for the table dbo.fhsmPerfmonStatistics is 60 days.