Grafana — Metrics Introduction and Best Practices

Tony
8 min readMay 2, 2024
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What is Metrics

Metrics are quantifiable measures used to track and assess the status of a specific process, performance, or condition. They are essentially numerical data that can be analyzed over time, providing insights to make informed decisions or identify areas of improvement. For example, below is a metric data that stored as data points with a value a timestamp:

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