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Performance
Performance Tab
To access the real-time server performance view, click the cluster name in the upper left corner and select the Performance tab.
Server Stats
The Performance tab displays various stats:
Chart/Table | Description |
|---|---|
Operations | Displays the number of operations as reported by
mongostat. For a description of the
fields, see mongostat. |
Read & Write | Displays the number of active reads, queued reads, active
writes, queued writes as reported by mongostat. For a description of the fields, see
mongostat. |
Network | Displays the number of connections as reported by
mongostat. For a description of the
fields, see mongostat. |
Memory | Displays the memory stats as reported by mongostat. For a description of the fields, see
mongostat. |
Hottest Collections | Displays the collections with the most activities as reported
by The collections correspond to a given moment in the charts; i.e. as you move over the charts, the corresponding collections are highlighted/displayed in the table. |
Slowest Operations | Displays the slowest operations as reported by
db.currentOp(). The
operations correspond to a given moment in the charts; i.e. as
you move over the charts, the corresponding slowest operations
are displayed in the table. To view the details of a slow
operation or kill the operation, click on
the operation. |
Kill Slow Operations
Important
Required Permissions
On deployments which require
authentication, to kill operations
not owned by the user, the user must have access that includes the
killop privilege action.
You can kill slow operations from the Performance Tab.
Click the query you would like to kill in the Slowest Operations section.
![Slow Operations section]()
In the Operation Details view, click Kill Op.
![Kill Op button]()
Pause the Display
The Pause button above the graph display pauses the update of the displays only. Pausing the performance tab does not impact the collection of the underlying data. To restart the display updates, click Play.
Next to the Pause button is a clock which shows the current time while the graphs are updating. If the display is paused, the clock shows the time at which the pause began.
Limitation
The Performance tab is not available if you are connected to a Data Lake.