# Monitoring a Database

## Steps

1. Open your database, then go to its **Monitor** tab.
   ![The database Monitor tab with connection, size, cache, and query metrics](https://kencana.basic.box.cloudeka.id/bucketku-f4kxct/sumopod-doc/Guides/06-database/05-monitor-database/01-tab-monitor.png)
2. Review **Active Connections** (against your plan's connection limit), **Database Size**, and **Cache Hit Ratio**.
3. Check **Query Performance** for the Slowest, Most Time, and Most Called queries, each with call count, total/average time, and rows returned.
4. Click **Refresh** at the top of the page for the latest numbers, status shows **Live** when monitoring is active.

## Notes

- A low Cache Hit Ratio or queries with high average time are good signals to optimize your schema or indexes.
- Direct link: open your database, then go to its **Monitor** tab.