--- title: Google Memorystore for Memcached source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/infrastructure/google-cloud-platform-integrations/gcp-integrations-list/google-memorystore-memcached --- [New Relic integrations](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/infrastructure/introduction-infra-monitoring) with the [Google Cloud Platform (GCP)](https://cloud.google.com/) include one that reports [Google Memorystore for Memcached](https://cloud.google.com/memorystore/docs/memcached) data to New Relic. This document explains how to activate the GCP Memorystore for Memcached integration and describes the data it reports. ## Features Memorystore for Memcached is Google Cloud's fully managed Memcached service. New Relic Memorystore for Memcached integration collects node-level CPU, memory, connection, hit-ratio, and item-storage metrics for each Memcached node. ## Activate integration [#activate] To enable the integration, follow standard procedures to [connect your GCP service to New Relic](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/connect-google-cloud-platform-services-infrastructure): - [Connect with Workload Identity Federation (recommended)](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/connect-google-cloud-platform-services-infrastructure) - [Connect with service account or user account](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/connect-google-cloud-platform-services-infrastructure) ## Polling frequency [#polling] New Relic integrations query your GCP services according to a polling interval that varies by integration. The polling frequency for Google Memorystore for Memcached is 5 minutes. The resolution is 1 data point every minute. ## Workload Identity Federation [#wif] ### Find and use data [#find-data-wif] After you enable the integration, your Memorystore for Memcached resources appear as entities in the New Relic entity explorer. To see dashboards and manage services, go to [one.newrelic.com > All capabilities](https://one.newrelic.com/all-capabilities) > Infrastructure > GCP. All Memorystore for Memcached metrics available in GCP Cloud Monitoring are collected as dimensional metrics in the `Metric` event type. Additional metrics beyond this table are collected automatically. See [Google's Memorystore for Memcached metrics documentation](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/metrics_gcp_d_h#gcp-memcache) for the complete list. #### Entities **Memorystore for Memcached entities** | Entity | Entity type | Resource type | | ------------- | ------------------------- | --------------- | | Memcache Node | `GCPMEMCACHEMEMCACHENODE` | `memcache_node` | ### Metric data [#metrics-wif] #### Key metrics — Memcache Node | Metric name | Unit | Description | | ---------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `gcp.memcache.node.active_connections` | Count | Number of active client connections to the Memcached node. | | `gcp.memcache.node.cpu.utilization` | Percent | CPU utilization on the Memcached node. | | `gcp.memcache.node.cpu.usage_time` | Seconds | CPU-seconds consumed by the Memcached node. | | `gcp.memcache.node.memory.utilization` | Percent | Memory utilization on the Memcached node. | | `gcp.memcache.node.cache_memory` | Bytes | Memory currently used for cached items on the Memcached node. | | `gcp.memcache.node.hit_ratio` | Percent | Fraction of GET requests that resulted in a cache hit on the Memcached node. | | `gcp.memcache.node.items` | Count | Number of items stored on the Memcached node. | | `gcp.memcache.node.eviction_count` | Count | Number of items evicted from the Memcached node due to memory pressure. | | `gcp.memcache.node.operation_count` | Count | Number of operations processed by the Memcached node, faceted by operation type and result. | | `gcp.memcache.node.received_bytes_count` | Bytes | Network bytes received by the Memcached node. | | `gcp.memcache.node.sent_bytes_count` | Bytes | Network bytes sent by the Memcached node. | | `gcp.memcache.node.uptime` | Seconds | Uptime of the Memcached node since it last started. | For the complete list of Memorystore for Memcached metrics, see [Google's Memorystore for Memcached metrics documentation](https://cloud.google.com/monitoring/api/metrics_gcp_d_h#gcp-memcache). ## Service account or user account [#service-account] ### Find and use data [#find-data] To find your integration data, go to [one.newrelic.com > All capabilities](https://one.newrelic.com/all-capabilities) > Infrastructure > GCP and select the integration. Data is attached to the following [event types](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/data-apis/understand-data/new-relic-data-types/#event-data): | Entity | Event Type | Provider | | ------------ | ------------------------------- | ------------------------- | | MemcacheNode | `GcpMemcacheMemcacheNodeSample` | `GcpMemcacheMemcacheNode` | For more on how to use your data, see [Understand and use integration data](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/infrastructure/integrations/find-use-infrastructure-integration-data). ## Metric data [#metrics] This integration collects GCP Memcache data for MemcacheNode. ### Memcache MemcacheNode data | Metric | Unit | Description | | ------------------------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `node.ActiveConnections` | Count | Connections active in this Memcached node. | | `node.CacheMemory` | Bytes | Bytes alloted for Memcached in this node, grouped by whether that memory is used or not. | | `node.cpu.UsageTime` | Seconds | CPU usage time by Memcached process grouped by user and kernel mode. | | `node.cpu.Utilization` | Double | CPU usage percent by Memcached node. | | `node.Eviction` | Count | Count of items evicted by this Memcached node. | | `node.HitRatio` | Double | Hit ratio, expressed as a percentage of the total cache requests excluding set operations. Values are numbers between 0.0 and 1.0. | | `node.Items` | Count | Items stored in this Memcached node. | | `node.Operation` | Count | Count of Memcached operations grouped by command and response_type (for example: hit, miss). | | `node.ReceivedBytes` | Bytes | Bytes received by this Memcached node. | | `node.SentBytes` | Bytes | Bytes sent by this Memcached node. | | `node.Uptime` | Seconds | Time in seconds the node has been running. |