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You can use the metrics that measure the performance of your Redis Enterprise Software clusters, nodes, databases, and shards to monitor the performance of your databases.
In the Redis Enterprise Cluster Manager UI, you can view metrics, configure alerts, and send notifications based on alert parameters. You can also access metrics and configure alerts through the REST API.
See [Metrics and alerts for monitoring v1]({{<relref "/operate/rs/7.8/monitoring/v1_monitoring">}}) for more information.
A preview of the new metrics stream engine is available as of Redis Enterprise Software version 7.8.2. This new engine exposes the v2 Prometheus scraping endpoint at https://<IP>:8070/v2, exports all time-series metrics to external monitoring tools, and enables real-time monitoring.
See [Metrics stream engine preview for monitoring v2]({{<relref "/operate/rs/7.8/monitoring/metrics_stream_engine">}}) for more information.
To integrate Redis Enterprise metrics into your monitoring environment, see the integration guides for [Prometheus and Grafana]({{< relref "/operate/rs/7.8/monitoring/prometheus_and_grafana" >}}).
Filter [Libraries and tools]({{<relref "/integrate">}}) by "observability" for additional tools and guides.
Make sure you read the [definition of each metric]({{< relref "/operate/rs/7.8/references/metrics/" >}}) so that you understand exactly what it represents.