Display AWS EBS Volumes Near Maximum IOPS Using DQL

mark_linders — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:28:17 GMT

I was using DQL to create a visualization that displays my EBS volumes and shows how close they are to hitting their maximum IOPS, or list if they are already under high usage.

I did something like this:

timeseries by:{dt.entity.ebs_volume}, { avg_read_iops = avg(dt.cloud.aws.ebs.ops.read), avg_write_iops = avg(dt.cloud.aws.ebs.ops.write), avg_queue = avg(dt.cloud.aws.ebs.queue) } | fieldsAdd total_iops = arraySum(avg_read_iops) + arraySum(avg_write_iops) | fieldsAdd queue_peak = coalesce(arrayMax(avg_queue), 0.0) | fieldsAdd flag = if(queue_peak > 5, then: "High Queue", else: if(total_iops >= 2700, then: "High IOPS", else: "Normal")) | filter flag != "Normal" | sort total_iops desc

But this takes 2700 as a fixed HIgh IOPS rate.
Now I can get a lot of information about my volumes:

fetch dt.entity.ebs_volume | fieldsAdd arn, deviceName, entity.name, id, iops, tags, belongs_to[dt.entity.ec2_instance]

What I assumed was possible, is that I can use the information value from iops from dt.entity.ebs_volume and calculate if I am for example at 90% of my configured IOPS. Also using something like the entity.name in my graph would be super helpful.

My main goal is as follows:
Display a graph or table with volumes, that are showing they are hitting their configured IOPS limits.

Hope anyone can help me out on this.

Re: Displaying AWS EBS volumes that are near their maximum IOPS

IzabelaRokita — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 10:27:50 GMT

Hey @mark_linders ,
I just wanted to check in and see if you still need help with this. If so, I’d be happy to look into it for you! 😊
Please let me know what works best for you.

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Display AWS EBS Volumes Near Maximum IOPS Using DQL

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