Capacity alerts
On this page
Capacity alerts notify you when your cluster is under high load.
Enable capacity alerts
Capacity alerts are available with the dedicated infrastructure add-on.
To enable alerts:
- On the left sidebar of the Algolia dashboard, select Settings.
- Open the Infrastructure page and go to the Alerts tab.
- Enable email alerts, and enter the email address where you want to receive capacity alerts.
Capacity alerts support only one email address.
If you want several people to receive notifications,
use a group email or alias (for example, alerts@yourcompany.com) that forwards messages to your team.
What gets reported
Capacity alerts include metrics related to the load and status of your cluster and help you track and respond to performance issues.
Memory usage
If the combined size of all indices reaches the server’s limits, the service might get disrupted.
Used search capacity spikes
You receive an alert when the used search capacity reaches peak usage for a short time. For example, if there was a moment where a server used all its search capacity, you might see 100%. This doesn’t mean the cluster used 100% of its capacity the whole time.
Average response time
This is the average time it takes Algolia to process a query. You can fix slow queries by optimizing query parameters or the index’s configuration.
Oldest queued job
This shows how long indexing jobs have been waiting in the queue. A large queue typically indicates high volumes of complex indexing operations.
