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Typical metric counts
The following table lists the typical number of metric series generated by various Prometheus libraries or exporters.
| Technology | Metric count |
|---|---|
| NodeJS Express | 317 |
| Go | 62 |
| MySQL | 4162 |
| Python Flask | 75 |
| RabbitMQ | 1081 |
| Redis | 234 |
| Java Springboot Micrometer | 572 |
| MongoDB | 2373 |
| Prometheus Node Exporter (1) | 1328 |
| Kube State Metrics | 4894 |
| Asserts eBPF Probe (1) | 145 |
| Loki | 2422 |
| Jaeger All In One | 945 |
| Docker | 455 |
| Nomad | 139 |
| Consul | 130 |
| cAdvisor | 2229 |
(1) Per node in the cluster
These figures are a base count and the number of metrics increase with more endpoints in a service, queues, databases, containers, and so on.
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