Windows metrics
System metrics
| Name | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
| sys.boot_time | cycles | The collective time the system used during boot |
| sys.cpu_count | count | A count of CPU cores |
| sys.load1 | processes | The load average over the past 1 min on the system |
| sys.load5 | processes | The load average over the past 5 mins on the system |
| sys.load15 | processes | The load average over the past 15 mins on the system |
| sys.process_count | count | The count of running processes |
| sys.user_count | count | The count of current users |
| sys.uptime | time | A monotonically incrementing metric for system up time |
CPU metrics
| Name | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
| cpu.time_active | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU activity |
| cpu.time_idle | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU idleness |
| cpu.time_guest | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU guest activity |
| cpu.time_guest_nice | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU guest nice activity |
| cpu.time_iowait | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU IO Waiting activity |
| cpu.time_irq | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU IRQ activity |
| cpu.time_nice | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU Nice activity |
| cpu.time_softirq | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU Soft IRQ activity |
| cpu.time_steal | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU Steal activity |
| cpu.time_system | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU System activity |
| cpu.time_user | cycles | A monotonically incrementing metric for CPU User activity |
| cpu.usage_active | percent | Percent of CPU used for activity |
| cpu.usage_idle | percent | Percent of CPU used for idleness |
| cpu.usage_guest | percent | Percent of CPU used for guest activity |
| cpu.usage_guest_nice | percent | Percent of CPU used for guest nice activity |
| cpu.usage_iowait | percent | Percent of CPU used for IO Waiting activity |
| cpu.usage_irq | percent | Percent of CPU used for IRQ activity |
| cpu.usage_nice | percent | Percent of CPU used for Nice activity |
| cpu.usage_softirq | percent | Percent of CPU used for Soft IRQ activity |
| cpu.usage_steal | percent | Percent of CPU used for Steal activity |
| cpu.usage_system | percent | Percent of CPU used for System activity |
| cpu.usage_user† | percent | Percent of CPU used for User activity |
† Some releases of Windows do not collect this metric, so the value may be empty.
Memory metrics
| Name | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
| mem.total | GB | The total amount of memory for the system |
| mem.free | GB | The amount of free memory for the system |
| mem.used | GB | The amount of used memory |
| mem.utilization | percent | The percent of memory used |
| mem.available | GB | The amount of available memory |
| mem.available_percent | percent | The percent of memory available |
Disk metrics
| Name | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
| disk.total | GB | Total capacity of the disk |
| disk.used | GB | Used space on the disk |
| disk.used_percent | percent | Percent of the disk used |
| disk.free | GB | Free space on the disk |
| disk.free_percent† | percent | Percent of the disk free |
| disk.inodes_total | count | Total INodes on the disk |
| disk.inodes_used | count | Used INodes on the disk |
| disk.inodes_free | count | Free INodes on the disk |
† Some releases of Windows do not collect this metric, so the value may be empty.
Disk I/O metrics
| Name | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
| diskio.io_time | time | The time used for disk io operations |
| diskio.weighted_io_time | time | The time used for disk io operations weighed over a period |
| diskio.iops_in_progress | count | The number of IO operations in progress |
| diskio.merged_reads | count | The number of merged read operations |
| diskio.merged_writes | count | The number of merged write operations |
| diskio.read_bytes | bytes | The number of bytes read |
| diskio.read_time | time | The total time used for read operations |
| diskio.write_bytes | bytes | The number of bytes written |
| diskio.write_time | time | The total time used for write operations |
| diskio.reads | count | The total number of read operations |
| diskio.writes | count | The total number of write operations |
Network metrics
| Name | Units | Description |
|---|---|---|
| net.data_sent | kbps | The rate of bytes being sent |
| net.data_recv | kbps | The rate of bytes being received |
| net.packets_sent | count | A monotonically incrementing metric for sent packets |
| net.packets_recv | count | A monotonically incrementing metric for received packets |
| net.drop_in | count | Count of lost inbound packets |
| net.drop_out | count | Count of lost outbound packets |
| net.err_in | count | Count of inbound packet errors |
| net.err_out | count | Count of outbound packet errors |