Category Types | Meaning |
UNDEFINED | Ignored |
NOTAPPLICABLE | Ignored |
KEY | Columns that uniquely identify instances of an object. |
ATTRIBUTE | Static definitions or values, such as the OS name, version, release, physical memory, and CPU clock speed. |
DELTA | Show the activity during the last interval, such as intervalized counts,rates, and utilizations. |
GAUGE | Numeric value that shows the current use or value at the time of the observation, such as the run queue, number of users, and files system space utilization. |
COUNTER | Cumulative counts of activity, such as CPU times, physical IOs, paging, network packet counts, and interrupts. |