Graphite aggregation rules for StatsD (excl. for threshold metrics)

gistfile1.txt

#
# These settings are REALLY sensitive! do you feel lucky??
# Consult the documentation for etsy/statsd, but it doesn't have all the info.
#
# Notes:
#
# (a) When determining xFilesFactor, make sure the actual reporting rate would fill enough buckets,
# so that the downsampling won't result in null values.
#
# (b) Up to StatsD v0.5.0, counters are written in two places: 
#     (1) non-normalized counters (containing the count per flushInterval) under 'stats_counts' 
#     (2) per-second normalized counts directly under 'stats', without anything identifying them as counts. 
#     Post-0.5.0 this inconsistency should be considered 'legacy', 
#     and both types should be under stats.counters (graphite.legacyNamespace should be set to false)
#  => In any case, you must ensure that normalized counters are AVERAGED, while non-normalized ones are SUMMED.
#

# For min/max values computed by StatsD for timers, don't store the average (which is default) but the min/max point

[statsd_timers_lower]
pattern = \.lower$
xFilesFactor = 0.1
aggregationMethod = min

[statsd_timers_upper]
pattern = \.upper$
xFilesFactor = 0.1
aggregationMethod = max

# Sum the sum values...

[statsd_timers_sum]
pattern = \.sum$
xFilesFactor = 0.1
aggregationMethod = sum

# Sum non-normalized counts for timers & new-style counters

[statsd_non_normalized_count]
pattern = \.count$
xFilesFactor = 0.1
aggregationMethod = sum

# Sum non-normalized counts for old-style counters

[statsd_non_normalized_count_legacy]
pattern = ^stats_counts\..*
xFilesFactor = 0.1
aggregationMethod = sum

# Everything else

[default_average]
pattern = .*
xFilesFactor = 0.2
aggregationMethod = average

[Probably better to leave this comment on the gist] I'm curious, where do you see .min$ .max$ metrics in timers? Mine are .upper, .upper_90, .lower, .lower_90. Perhaps the newer versions of StatsD have changed these metric names?

Fixed for upper/lower, thx!

pattern = .upper$ does not catch upper_90