Lists the Connection Activity metrics and provides a brief description of each.
Table 4.3 Connection Activity Metrics
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Aborted Clients (Delta) | The number of connections that were aborted because the client died without closing the connection properly. |
| Aborted Connects (Delta) | The number of failed attempts to connect to the MySQL server. |
| Bytes Received (Delta) | The number of bytes received from all clients. |
| Bytes Sent (Delta) | The number of bytes sent to all clients. |
| Connections (Delta) | The number of connection attempts (successful or not) to the MySQL server. |
| Max Used Connections (Total) | The maximum number of connections that have been in use simultaneously since the server started. |
| Failed Attempted Connections To The Server (Rate) | Excess aborted connection attempts to MySQL may indicate an issue with respect to the server or network, or could be indicative of DoS or password-cracking attempts against the MySQL Server. The aborted-connects count is incremented when: A client does not have privileges to access a database A client uses the wrong password A malformed packet is received The connect_timeout variable is exceeded |