Cherry-pick #20680 to 7.x: Change disk and network metrics to use Sum statistic method #20737
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Cherry-pick of PR #20680 to 7.x branch. Original message:
What does this PR do?
This PR is to change disk and network metrics from
Average
toSum
statistic method. This way, the values are total in the collection period, not an average. For host inventory schema work, we identified several common host metrics and for disk and network, these metrics should be gauges, which is the total value in a period of time.Checklist
CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
orCHANGELOG-developer.next.asciidoc
.How to test this PR locally
aws
module and change aws.yml to:Start Metricbeat
Check metrics in Kibana and compare with CloudWatch portal with Statistic=Sum and Period=5 Minutes: