# Metrics

Source: https://docs.sliplane.io/databases/metrics

Monitor resource usage and activity for your Sliplane database.

## Viewing metrics

Open your database in the Sliplane dashboard and go to the **Metrics** tab. Each chart is interactive: hover to see the exact value at a point in time, and use the controls in the top-right corner to zoom in, zoom out, or reset the view.

## Available metrics

### CPU

CPU usage as a percentage of the cores available to your database. Short spikes during queries are normal; sustained high usage is a sign that you should scale up your compute.

![CPU usage chart](/_next/static/media/metrics-cpu.444bfce5.webp)

### Memory

Memory used by your database against the total memory available. PostgreSQL uses free memory for caching, so some headroom is healthy.

![Memory usage chart](/_next/static/media/metrics-memory.e627fd00.webp)

### Disk

Disk space used against the total volume size. Watch this metric to decide when to add more storage.

![Disk usage chart](/_next/static/media/metrics-disk.2ebc1869.webp)

### Connections

Active connections compared with your database’s [connection limit](/databases/limits#connection-limits).

![Connections chart](/_next/static/media/metrics-connections.23019744.webp)

See [Upgrade](/databases/upgrade) to increase compute or storage.

## Query stats

Query statistics help you find slow and frequently run queries so you can optimize your database. Open your database in the Sliplane dashboard and go to the **Query Stats** tab.

Query statistics are based on PostgreSQL's `pg_stat_statements`. Each table shows the number of calls, mean and max execution time, total execution time, and rows returned for every query.

### Slow queries

Queries with the highest mean execution time.

![Slow queries table](/_next/static/media/metrics-slow-queries.a3149c59.webp)

### Top queries

Queries consuming the most total execution time.

![Top queries table](/_next/static/media/metrics-top-queries.28251fc5.webp)