diff --git a/src/App.css b/src/App.css
index a7fc4d2..eab8b3d 100644
--- a/src/App.css
+++ b/src/App.css
@@ -821,3 +821,39 @@
 }
 .hardware-metric meter { width: 100%; height: 16px; margin-top: 12px; }
 .hardware-metric p, .hardware-updated { font-size: 13px; margin: 12px 0 0; }
+
+.database-connections {
+  margin-bottom: 28px;
+}
+
+.database-connection-metrics {
+  display: grid;
+  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(min(180px, 100%), 1fr));
+  gap: 14px;
+}
+
+.database-connection-metric {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  gap: 12px;
+  padding: 20px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--border);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+  background: var(--surface);
+}
+
+.database-connection-metric h3 {
+  margin: 0;
+  color: var(--text);
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  font-weight: 500;
+}
+
+.database-connection-metric strong {
+  color: var(--text-h);
+  font-size: 1.75rem;
+}
+
+.database-connection-metric meter {
+  width: 100%;
+}
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index 0d003b0..71e4fec 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import { Navigate, Route, Routes, useMatch, useNavigate, useParams } from 'react-router-dom'
 import './App.css'
 import NodeConnections from './NodeConnections'
+import NodeActiveConnections from './NodeActiveConnections'
+import NodePerformance from './NodePerformance'
 import NodeHardware from './NodeHardware'
 import ClusterNodeCard from './ClusterNodeCard'
 
@@ -619,7 +621,19 @@ function Workspace({ page: activePage }: { page: PageId | 'node-details' }) {
               </button>
             </div>
             {nodeId && clusterDetails.nodes.some((node) => node.uuid === nodeId) && (
-              <NodeConnections key={`${clusterId}/${nodeId}`} nodeId={nodeId} />
+              <>
+                <NodeActiveConnections
+                  key={`metrics/${clusterId}/${nodeId}`}
+                  nodeId={nodeId}
+                  nodeName={clusterDetails.nodes.find((node) => node.uuid === nodeId)!.node_name}
+                />
+                <NodePerformance
+                  key={`performance/${clusterId}/${nodeId}`}
+                  nodeId={nodeId}
+                  nodeName={clusterDetails.nodes.find((node) => node.uuid === nodeId)!.node_name}
+                />
+                <NodeConnections key={`${clusterId}/${nodeId}`} nodeId={nodeId} />
+              </>
             )}
           </section>
         )}
diff --git a/src/NodeActiveConnections.tsx b/src/NodeActiveConnections.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f88dca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NodeActiveConnections.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import useNodeDatabaseMetric from './useNodeDatabaseMetric'
+
+type ActiveConnections = {
+  database_name: string
+  active_connections: number
+  current_connections: number
+  max_connections: number
+  connection_usage_percent: number
+}
+
+function isActiveConnections(value: unknown): value is ActiveConnections {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== 'object') return false
+  const data = value as Record<string, unknown>
+  return typeof data.database_name === 'string'
+    && ['active_connections', 'current_connections', 'max_connections'].every((field) => {
+      const count = data[field]
+      return typeof count === 'number' && Number.isSafeInteger(count) && count >= 0
+    })
+    && typeof data.connection_usage_percent === 'number'
+    && Number.isFinite(data.connection_usage_percent)
+    && data.connection_usage_percent >= 0 && data.connection_usage_percent <= 100
+}
+
+
+export default function NodeActiveConnections({ nodeId, nodeName }: { nodeId: string; nodeName: string }) {
+  const { data, connection } = useNodeDatabaseMetric(nodeId, nodeName, 'active-connections', isActiveConnections)
+  const metrics = [
+    { label: 'Active connections', value: data?.active_connections },
+    { label: 'Current connections', value: data?.current_connections },
+    { label: 'Max connections', value: data?.max_connections },
+  ]
+
+  return (
+    <section className="database-connections" aria-labelledby="database-connections-heading">
+      <div className="page-header">
+        <div>
+          <h2 id="database-connections-heading">Database connections</h2>
+          {data && <p>Database: {data.database_name}</p>}
+        </div>
+        <p role="status" className={data ? 'connection-status connected' : ''}>{connection}</p>
+      </div>
+      <div className="database-connection-metrics">
+        {metrics.map(({ label, value }) => (
+          <div className="database-connection-metric" key={label}>
+            <h3>{label}</h3>
+            <strong>{value?.toLocaleString() ?? '—'}</strong>
+          </div>
+        ))}
+        <div className="database-connection-metric">
+          <h3>Connection usage</h3>
+          <strong>{data ? `${data.connection_usage_percent.toFixed(1)}%` : '—'}</strong>
+          {data && <meter aria-label="Connection usage" min={0} max={100} value={data.connection_usage_percent} />}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/NodePerformance.tsx b/src/NodePerformance.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24a5aa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NodePerformance.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import useNodeDatabaseMetric from './useNodeDatabaseMetric'
+
+type Performance = {
+  database_name: string
+  tps: number
+  cache_hit_ratio: number
+}
+
+function isPerformance(value: unknown): value is Performance {
+  if (!value || typeof value !== 'object') return false
+  const data = value as Record<string, unknown>
+  return typeof data.database_name === 'string'
+    && typeof data.tps === 'number' && Number.isFinite(data.tps) && data.tps >= 0
+    && typeof data.cache_hit_ratio === 'number' && Number.isFinite(data.cache_hit_ratio)
+    && data.cache_hit_ratio >= 0 && data.cache_hit_ratio <= 100
+}
+
+export default function NodePerformance({ nodeId, nodeName }: { nodeId: string; nodeName: string }) {
+  const { data, connection } = useNodeDatabaseMetric(nodeId, nodeName, 'performance', isPerformance)
+
+  return (
+    <section className="database-connections" aria-labelledby="database-performance-heading">
+      <div className="page-header">
+        <div>
+          <h2 id="database-performance-heading">Database performance</h2>
+          {data && <p>Database: {data.database_name}</p>}
+        </div>
+        <p role="status" className={data ? 'connection-status connected' : ''}>{connection}</p>
+      </div>
+      <div className="database-connection-metrics">
+        <div className="database-connection-metric">
+          <h3>Transactions per second (TPS)</h3>
+          <strong>{data ? data.tps.toLocaleString(undefined, { minimumFractionDigits: 1, maximumFractionDigits: 2 }) : '—'}</strong>
+        </div>
+        <div className="database-connection-metric">
+          <h3>Cache hit ratio</h3>
+          <strong>{data ? `${data.cache_hit_ratio.toFixed(2)}%` : '—'}</strong>
+          {data && <meter aria-label="Cache hit ratio" min={0} max={100} value={data.cache_hit_ratio} />}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </section>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/useNodeDatabaseMetric.ts b/src/useNodeDatabaseMetric.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7edc013
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/useNodeDatabaseMetric.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+
+export default function useNodeDatabaseMetric<T>(
+  nodeId: string,
+  nodeName: string,
+  endpoint: string,
+  validate: (value: unknown) => value is T,
+) {
+  const [data, setData] = useState<T | null>(null)
+  const [connection, setConnection] = useState('Connecting…')
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    let active = true
+    const controller = new AbortController()
+    let socket: WebSocket | undefined
+    let retry: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout> | undefined
+
+    const connect = async () => {
+      if (!active) return
+      setData(null)
+      setConnection('Connecting…')
+      const disconnected = () => {
+        if (!active) return
+        setData(null)
+        setConnection('Status unavailable · reconnecting…')
+        clearTimeout(retry)
+        retry = setTimeout(connect, 5000)
+      }
+
+      try {
+        const apiBaseUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_API_BASE_URL
+        const wsBaseUrl = import.meta.env.VITE_WS_BASE_URL
+        if (!wsBaseUrl) throw new Error('VITE_WS_BASE_URL is not configured')
+        if (!apiBaseUrl) throw new Error('API URL is not configured')
+        setConnection('Loading node details…')
+        const token = localStorage.getItem('access_token')
+        const response = await fetch(
+          `${apiBaseUrl.replace(/\/$/, '')}/spock/node-interfaces/${encodeURIComponent(nodeId)}`,
+          {
+            headers: token ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : {},
+            signal: controller.signal,
+          },
+        )
+        if (!response.ok) throw new Error('Failed to load node details')
+        const result = await response.json()
+        const node = result?.node
+        if (result?.status !== 'success' || !node || node.uuid !== nodeId
+          || typeof node.host !== 'string' || typeof node.port !== 'number'
+          || typeof node.dbname !== 'string' || typeof node.user !== 'string') {
+          throw new Error('Invalid node details')
+        }
+        if (!active) return
+        setConnection('Connecting…')
+        const current = new WebSocket(`${wsBaseUrl.replace(/\/$/, '')}/ws/database/${endpoint}`)
+        socket = current
+        current.onopen = () => {
+          if (!active) return
+          current.send(JSON.stringify({
+            node_name: nodeName,
+            host: node.host,
+            port: node.port,
+            dbname: node.dbname,
+            user: node.user,
+            password: 'postgres',
+          }))
+          setConnection('Waiting for metrics…')
+        }
+        current.onmessage = (event) => {
+          if (!active) return
+          try {
+            const message: unknown = JSON.parse(event.data)
+            if (!validate(message)) throw new Error('Invalid metrics')
+            setData(message)
+            setConnection('Live')
+          } catch {
+            setData(null)
+            setConnection('Invalid metrics received')
+          }
+        }
+        current.onerror = () => current.close()
+        current.onclose = disconnected
+      } catch {
+        disconnected()
+      }
+    }
+
+    void connect()
+    return () => {
+      active = false
+      controller.abort()
+      clearTimeout(retry)
+      socket?.close()
+    }
+  }, [nodeId, nodeName, endpoint, validate])
+
+  return { data, connection }
+}
+