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| 1 | +# BanyanDB self observability dashboard |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +[BanyanDB](https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-banyandb/next/readme/), as an observability database, aims to ingest, analyze and store Metrics, Tracing, and Logging data. It's designed to handle observability data generated by **Apache SkyWalking**,it also provides a dashboard to visualize the self-observability metrics. |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +## Data flow |
| 6 | +1. [BanyanDB](https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-banyandb/next/readme/) collects metrics data internally and exposes a Prometheus http endpoint to retrieve the metrics. |
| 7 | +2. OpenTelemetry Collector fetches metrics from BanyanDB and pushes metrics to SkyWalking OAP Server via OpenTelemetry gRPC exporter. |
| 8 | +3. The SkyWalking OAP Server parses the expression with [MAL](../concepts-and-designs/mal.md) to filter/calculate/aggregate and store the results. |
| 9 | + |
| 10 | +## Set up |
| 11 | +1. Start [BanyanDB](https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-banyandb/next/readme/),supporting both [Standalone Mode](https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-banyandb/next/installation/standalone/) and [Cluster Mode](https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-banyandb/next/installation/cluster/). |
| 12 | +2. Set up [OpenTelemetry Collector ](https://opentelemetry.io/docs/collector/getting-started/#docker). For details on Prometheus Receiver in OpenTelemetry Collector, refer to [here](../../../test/e2e-v2/cases/banyandb/otel-collector-config.yaml). |
| 13 | +3. Config SkyWalking [OpenTelemetry receiver](https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/main/next/en/setup/backend/opentelemetry-receiver/). |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +## BanyanDB monitoring |
| 16 | +Self observability monitoring provides monitoring of the status and resources of the [BanyanDB](https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-banyandb/next/readme/) server itself. `banyandb-server` is a `Service` in BanyanDB, and land on the `Layer: BANYANDB`. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | +### Self observability metrics |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +| Unit | Metric Name | Description | Data Source | |
| 21 | +|------|---------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------| |
| 22 | +| o/s | meter_banyandb_write_rate | Write Rate (Operations per Second) | BanyanDB | |
| 23 | +| GiB | meter_banyandb_total_memory | Total Memory | BanyanDB | |
| 24 | +| GiB | meter_banyandb_disk_usage | Disk Usage | BanyanDB | |
| 25 | +| r/s | meter_banyandb_query_rate | Query Rate (Requests per Second) | BanyanDB | |
| 26 | +| Count | meter_banyandb_total_cpu | Total CPU Cores | BanyanDB | |
| 27 | +| c/m | meter_banyandb_write_and_query_errors_rate | Write and Query Errors Rate(Counts per Minute) | BanyanDB | |
| 28 | +| c/s | meter_banyandb_etcd_operation_rate | Etcd Operation Rate(Counts per Second) | BanyanDB | |
| 29 | +| Count | meter_banyandb_active_instance | Active Instances | BanyanDB | |
| 30 | +| % | meter_banyandb_cpu_usage | CPU Usage Percentage | BanyanDB | |
| 31 | +| % | meter_banyandb_rss_memory_usage | RSS Memory Usage Percentage | BanyanDB | |
| 32 | +| % | meter_banyandb_disk_usage_all | Disk Usage Percentage | BanyanDB | |
| 33 | +| KiB/s | meter_banyandb_network_usage_recv | Network Receive Rate | BanyanDB | |
| 34 | +| KiB/s | meter_banyandb_network_usage_sent | Network Send Rate | BanyanDB | |
| 35 | +| o/s | meter_banyandb_storage_write_rate | Storage Write Rate (Operations per Second) | BanyanDB | |
| 36 | +| s | meter_banyandb_query_latency | Query Latency (s) | BanyanDB | |
| 37 | +| Count | meter_banyandb_total_data | Total Data Elements | BanyanDB | |
| 38 | +| r/m | meter_banyandb_merge_file_data | Merge File Data Rate(Revolutions per Minute) | BanyanDB | |
| 39 | +| s | meter_banyandb_merge_file_latency | Merge File Latency(s) | BanyanDB | |
| 40 | +| Count | meter_banyandb_merge_file_partitions | Merge File Partitions | BanyanDB | |
| 41 | +| o/s | meter_banyandb_series_write_rate | Series Write Rate (Operations per Second) | BanyanDB | |
| 42 | +| o/s | meter_banyandb_series_term_search_rate | Series Term Search Rate (Operations per Second) | BanyanDB | |
| 43 | +| Count | meter_banyandb_total_series | Total Series Count | BanyanDB | |
| 44 | +| ops | meter_banyandb_stream_write_rate | Stream Write Rate (Operations per Second) | BanyanDB | |
| 45 | +| ops | meter_banyandb_term_search_rate | Term Search Rate (Operations per Second) | BanyanDB | |
| 46 | +| Count | meter_banyandb_total_document | Total Document Count | BanyanDB | |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +## Customizations |
| 49 | +You can customize your own metrics/expression/dashboard panel.The metrics definition and expression rules are found in `/config/otel-rules/banyandb`.The [BanyanDB](https://skywalking.apache.org/docs/skywalking-banyandb/next/readme/) dashboard panel configurations are found in `/config/ui-initialized-templates/banyandb`. |
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