Container Metrics and Dimensions

Table 1 Container metrics

Metric

Description

Value Range

Unit

Total CPU cores (cpuCoreLimit)

Total number of CPU cores that have been applied for a measured object

>= 1

Cores

Used CPU cores (cpuCoreUsed)

Number of CPU cores used by a measured object

>= 0

Cores

CPU usage (cpuUsage)

Percentage of the used CPU cores to the total CPU cores

0%-100%

%

Disk read rate (diskReadRate)

Volume of data read from a disk per second

>= 0

KB/s

Disk write rate (diskWriteRate)

Volume of data written into a disk per second

>= 0

KB/s

Available file system (filesystemAvailable)

Available file system capacity of a measured object

>= 0

MB

Total file system (filesystemCapacity)

Total file system capacity of a measured object

>= 0

MB

File system usage (filesystemUsage)

File system usage of a measured object Percentage of the used file system to the total file system This metric is supported only for the containers using the device mapper in the Kubernetes cluster of version 1.11 or later.

0%-100%

%

Total physical memory (memCapacity)

Total physical memory that has been applied for a measured object

>= 0

MB

Physical memory usage (memUsage)

Percentage of the used physical memory to the total physical memory

0%-100%

%

Used physical memory (memUsed)

Used physical memory of a measured object

>= 0

MB

Downlink rate (recvBytesRate)

Inbound network traffic rate of a measured object

>= 0

Byte per Second (BPS)

Downlink rate (recvPackRate)

Number of data packets received by the NIC per second

>= 0

Packet per Second (PPS)

Downlink error rate (recvErrPackRate)

Number of error packets received by the NIC per second

>= 0

PPS

Error packets (rxPackErrors)

Number of error packets received by a measured object

>= 0

Packets

Uplink rate (sendBytesRate)

Outbound network traffic rate of a measured object

>= 0

BPS

Uplink error rate (sendErrPackRate)

Number of error packets sent by the NIC per second

>= 0

PPS

Uplink rate (sendPackRate)

Number of data packets sent by the NIC per second

>= 0

PPS

Status (status)

Docker container status

0 or 1

  • 0: Normal

  • 1: Abnormal

None

GPU usage (gpuUtil)

GPU usage of a measured object

0%-100%

%

Table 2 Dimensions of container metrics

Dimension

Description

appID

Service ID

appName

Service name

clusterId

Cluster ID

clusterName

Cluster name

containerID

Container ID

containerName

Container name

deploymentName

Kubernetes deployment name

kind

Application type

nameSpace

Cluster namespace

podID

Pod ID

podName

Pod name

serviceID

Inventory ID