Metric limits determine the amount of custom time series ingested by the Sysdig agent. While this is primarily a tool to help limit the total time series ingested for limiting cost exposure for each user, it does affect the total number of time series consumed and used in tracking metrics.
The Sysdig agent metric limit is different from the entitlement limit imposed on custom time series. Your time series entitlement could be lower than agent metric limits. For more information, see Time Series Billing.
View Metric Limits
The metric limits are automatically defined by Sysdig backend components based on your plan, agent version, and backend configuration. Metric limits are set per-category, and when aggregated the per-category limits define your overall metric limit per agent. Metric limits are global per account and the same limit will apply to each agent within a Sysdig account.
Use the Sysdig Agent Health & Status dashboard under Host Infrastructure templates to view per-category metric limits for your account, along with the current usage per host for each metric type.
Contact Sysdig Support to adjust metric limits for any category.
See the Sysdig Agent Health & Status dashboard to view the metric limits and current time series consumption for each agent.
| Metrics | Description |
|---|---|
statsd_dragent_metricCount_limit_appCheck | The maximum number of unique appCheck timeseries that are allowed in an individual sample from the agent per node. |
statsd_dragent_metricCount_limit_statsd | The maximum number of unique statsd timeseries that are allowed in an individual sample from the agent per node. |
statsd_dragent_metricCount_limit_jmx | The maximum number of unique JMX timeseries that are allowed in an individual sample from the agent per node. |
statsd_dragent_metricCount_limit_prometheus | The maximum number of unique Prometheus timeseries that are allowed in an individual sample from the agent per node. |