> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.latitude.sh/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Virtual Machine Monitoring

Latitude.sh provides robust monitoring capabilities for your virtual machines, allowing you to track key performance metrics and understand resource utilization.

## Overview

The monitoring features are accessible directly from your virtual machine's overview page within the Latitude.sh dashboard. You will find a dedicated "Monitoring" section that provides a quick glance at essential metrics.

Key metrics displayed in the Monitoring section on the VM overview page include:

* **CPU Usage**: Percentage of CPU resources being consumed by your virtual machine.
* **Memory Usage**: Percentage of memory currently in use by the VM.
* **GPU Usage** (GPU instances only): Coming soon.

## Availability

Monitoring is available in most regions:

* **Ashburn** and **Frankfurt**: GPU and CPU instances.
* **Dallas**: GPU instances only. CPU instance monitoring is coming soon.

If monitoring isn't available for your VM's region or type, you'll see a "coming soon" message.

## Monitoring Details Page

For a more comprehensive view of your virtual machine's performance over time, you can navigate to the dedicated monitoring details page.

To access this page:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Access monitoring details">
    Go to the **Virtual machines** section in the sidebar menu and select the virtual machine you wish to monitor.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open monitoring details">
    In the "Monitoring" section on the VM overview page, click the **View details** button.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The monitoring details page presents detailed charts for various metrics, including:

* **CPU Usage**: CPU utilization trends as a percentage.
* **Memory Usage**: Memory consumption patterns as a percentage.
* **GPU Usage** (GPU instances only): Coming soon.
* **IO Traffic**: Read and write traffic for storage operations, measured in bytes per second.
* **IO Time**: Time spent on storage read and write operations, measured in milliseconds.
* **IOPS**: Input/Output Operations Per Second for both read and write operations.
* **Network Traffic**: Network receive and transmit traffic, measured in bits per second.

## Time Period Selection

You can adjust the time period for viewing monitoring data using the dropdown selector on the monitoring details page. Available options include:

* 30 minutes
* 1 hour
* 6 hours
* 24 hours (1 day)
* 7 days

Selecting different time periods allows you to analyze both recent performance and longer-term trends.