Introduction to Metrics

Metrics are an effective tool for monitoring, troubleshooting, and identifying the root causes of problems.

In this section, we will introduce the following concepts:

📄️ Overview of Metrics in Sumo

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📄️ Get Started with Metrics

The easiest way get started with metrics is to add a Host Metrics Source, which allows you to collect data pertaining to the local Installed Collector host. Check out this webinar for an overview of what you can do with host metrics. For reference, the slides are available here.

📄️ Metric Formats

Sumo supports the Graphite, Carbon 2.0, and Prometheus metric formats.

📄️ Metric Quantization

Sumo ingests individual metric data points from your metric sources. In metric visualizations, rather than charting individual data points, Sumo presents the aggregated value of the data points received during an interval.