Amazon CloudWatch adds network performance monitoring for AWS workloads using flow monitors

Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitoring now allows you to monitor network performance of your AWS workloads by using flow monitors. The new feature provides near real-time visibility of network performance for workloads between compute instances such as Amazon EC2 and Amazon EKS, and AWS services such as Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and Amazon DynamoDB, enabling you to rapidly detect and attribute network-driven impairments for your workloads.

CloudWatch Network Monitoring uses flow monitors to provide TCP-based performance metrics for packet loss and latency, and network health indicators of your AWS workloads to help you quickly pinpoint the root cause of issues. Flow monitors help you determine if a problem is caused by your application stack or by the underlying AWS infrastructure, so that you can proactively monitor your end user experience. If you need to contact AWS Support, Network Monitoring provides AWS Support with the same network health information, along with details about the underlying infrastructure, to help accelerate troubleshooting and resolution.

We are consolidating CloudWatch Internet Monitor and CloudWatch Network Monitor within CloudWatch Network Monitoring, which now includes flow monitors, synthetic monitors, and internet monitors. Use flow monitors to passively monitor the network performance of AWS workloads, synthetic monitors to actively monitor hybrid network segments, and internet monitors to monitor internet segments.

For the full list of AWS Regions where Network Monitoring for AWS workloads is available, visit the Regions list. To learn more, visit the Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitoring documentation.