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Use the time range selector to focus on a time period while looking for patterns or spikes in CPU and memory usage in your Clusters.
When spikes occur:
Zoom in on the graph to narrow the time selection.
Hover over and click the peak of the spike to see the percentage of use compared to capacity. In the following example, the spike shows 46.5% of CPU usage compared to capacity.
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