gauge term
metric that goes up and down — current value of something
Use for: queue depth, memory in use, temperature, active connections. Snapshots a value at scrape time. Wrong choice: cumulative event counts (use counter).
metric that goes up and down — current value of something
Use for: queue depth, memory in use, temperature, active connections. Snapshots a value at scrape time. Wrong choice: cumulative event counts (use counter).