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Re: [metering] delta vs. cumulative meters

 

On Tue, May 29 2012, Doug Hellmann wrote:


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> Thoughts?

As you pointed out, it's not safe to compute delta when your counter is
gauge, and vice versa. Rather than documenting, we may just add the
counter type (à la RRD: gauge, counter, derive…) to the meter, so it's
easier to make things evolve and discover counters by themselves.

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