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In this article:

  • VM and disk metrics
  • File storage metrics
  • Instance group metrics
  1. Metric reference
  2. Compute Cloud

Yandex Compute Cloud metrics

Written by
Yandex Cloud
Updated at November 11, 2025
  • VM and disk metrics
  • File storage metrics
  • Instance group metrics

This section describes Compute Cloud metrics delivered to Monitoring.

The metric name goes into the name label.

All Compute Cloud metrics share the service=compute label.

Note

If the resource name is set, it will be returned in a response from Compute Cloud. Otherwise, the response will return the resource ID.

VM and disk metricsVM and disk metrics

Metric name
Type, units

Description
Labels

cpu_usage
DGAUGE, %

VM CPU usage as a percentage. This value can exceed 100% if the VM consumes available process resources in excess of its guaranteed allocation.
Labels:

  • resource_id: VM name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is vm.

cpu_utilization
DGAUGE, %

Utilization of vCPUs as a percentage. It ranges from 0% to the vCPU performance level.
Labels:

  • cpu_name: vCPU ID.
  • resource_id: VM name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is vm.

disk.io_quota_utilization_percentage
RATE, %

Average percentage of disk quota usage.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.

disk.io_quota_utilization_percentage_burst
RATE, %

Maximum percentage of disk quota usage.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.

disk.read_bytes
RATE, bytes per second

Average number of bytes read from the VM disk.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.read_bytes_burst
RATE, bytes per second

Maximum number of bytes read from the VM disk.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.read_bytes_in_flight
DGAUGE, bytes per second

Average number of bytes being read from the VM disk at the current point in time.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.read_bytes_in_flight_burst
DGAUGE, bytes per second

Maximum number of bytes being read from the VM disk at the current point in time.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.read_errors
RATE, operations per second

Number of failed VM disk reads.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.read_latency
HIST_RATE, milliseconds

Distribution histogram for VM disk read request latency.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.read_ops
RATE, operations per second

Average number of VM disk read operations.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.read_ops_burst
RATE, operations per second

Maximum number of VM disk read operations.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.read_ops_in_flight
DGAUGE, operations per second

Average number of VM disk read operations at the current point in time.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.read_ops_in_flight_burst
DGAUGE, operations per second

Maximum number of VM disk read operations at the current point in time.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.read_throttler_delay
HIST_RATE, milliseconds

Histogram of read latency due to exceeded VM disk quota.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.

disk.write_bytes
RATE, bytes per second

Average number of bytes written to the VM disk.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.write_bytes_burst
RATE, bytes per second

Maximum number of bytes written to the VM disk.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.write_bytes_in_flight
DGAUGE, bytes per second

Average number of bytes being written to the VM disk at the current point in time.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.write_bytes_in_flight_burst
DGAUGE, bytes per second

Maximum number of bytes being written to the VM disk at the current point in time.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.write_errors
RATE, operations per second

Number of failed VM disk writes.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.write_latency
HIST_RATE, milliseconds

Distribution histogram for VM disk write request latency.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.write_ops
RATE, operations per second

Average number of VM disk write operations.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.write_ops_burst
RATE, operations per second

Maximum number of VM disk write operations.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.write_ops_in_flight
DGAUGE, operations per second

Average number of VM disk write operations at the current point in time.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.write_ops_in_flight_burst
DGAUGE, operations per second

Maximum number of VM disk write operations at the current point in time.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.
  • instance: VM name or ID.

disk.write_throttler_delay
HIST_RATE, milliseconds

Histogram of write latency due to exceeded VM disk quota.
Labels:

  • disk: Disk name or ID.

maintenance_event

It is set to 1 if a maintenance event is active on the VM.
Labels:

  • resource_id: VM name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is vm.
  • type: Maintenance event type. Possible values: migrate or restart.

network_connections.quota_utilization
DGAUGE, %

Used quota on VM network connections, 0% to 100%.
Labels:

  • resource_id: VM name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is vm.

network_connections.interface_quota_utilization
DGAUGE, %

Used quota on VM network interface connections, 0% to 100%.
Labels:

  • resource_id: VM name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is vm.
  • interface_number: VM network interface ID.

network_received_bytes
DGAUGE, bytes per second

Number of bytes per second received on the VM network interface.
Labels:

  • interface_number: VM network interface ID.
  • resource_id: VM name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is vm.

network_received_packets
DGAUGE, packets per second

Number of packets per second received on the VM network interface.
Labels:

  • interface_number: VM network interface ID.
  • resource_id: VM name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is vm.

network_sent_bytes
DGAUGE, bytes per second

Number of bytes per second sent via the VM network interface.
Labels:

  • interface_number: VM network interface ID.
  • resource_id: VM name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is vm.

network_sent_packets
DGAUGE, packets per second

Number of packets per second sent via the VM network interface.
Labels:

  • interface_number: VM network interface ID.
  • resource_id: VM name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is vm.

File storage metricsFile storage metrics

Labels shared by all file storage metrics:

Label Value
filestore File storage ID
instance VM name

Metric name
Type, units

Description
Labels

filestore.index_cumulative_time
RATE, milliseconds

Total time of indexing operations in the file storage. The request special label represents the operation type.

filestore.index_errors
RATE, operations per second

Number of failed indexing operations in the file storage

filestore.index_latency
RATE, milliseconds

Delay when performing indexing operations in the file storage.
Special labels:

  • request: Operation type.
  • bin: Histogram buckets.

filestore.index_ops
RATE, operations per second

Average number of indexing operations in the file storage

filestore.read_bytes
RATE, bytes per second

Average number of bytes read from the file storage

filestore.read_bytes_burst
DGAUGE, bytes per second

Maximum number of bytes read from the file storage

filestore.read_errors
RATE, operations per second

Number of failed reads from the file storage. The request special label represents the operation type.

filestore.read_latency
RATE, milliseconds

Distribution histogram for file storage read request latency. Special bin label: Histogram buckets.

filestore.read_ops
RATE, operations per second

Average number of reads from the file storage

filestore.read_ops_burst
DGAUGE, operations per second

Maximum number of reads from the file storage

filestore.write_bytes
RATE, bytes per second

Average number of bytes written to the file storage

filestore.write_bytes_burst
DGAUGE, bytes per second

Maximum number of bytes written to the file storage

filestore.write_errors
RATE, operations per second

Number of failed writes to the file storage

filestore.write_latency
RATE, milliseconds

Distribution histogram for file storage write request latency. Special bin label: Histogram buckets.

filestore.write_ops
RATE, operations per second

Average number of writes to the file storage

filestore.write_ops_burst
DGAUGE, operations per second

Maximum number of writes to the file storage

Instance group metricsInstance group metrics

The available metrics are specific to the instance group scaling type.

Metric name
Type, units

Description
Labels

Scaling type

average_utilization
DGAUGE

Average resource usage for all VM instances.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • source_metric: Metric name.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic

average_utilization_in_zone
DGAUGE

Average resource usage for all VM instances in the availability zone.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • zone_id: Availability zone ID.
  • source_metric: Metric name.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic

instances_count
IGAUGE, count

Number of VM instances in the group.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic
  • Fixed.

instances_count_in_zone
IGAUGE, count

Number of VM instances in the availability zone.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • zone_id: Availability zone ID.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic
  • Fixed.

measured_percent_in_zone
DGAUGE, %

Percentage of VM CPU utilization in the availability zone. This value can exceed 100% if the VM consumes available process resources in excess of its guaranteed allocation.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • zone_id: Availability zone ID.
  • source_metric: Metric name.
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic

summary_capacity
DGAUGE

Total resource usage for all VM instances, which causes an increase in the instance group size.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • source_metric: Metric name.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic

summary_capacity_in_zone
DGAUGE

Total resource usage for all VM instances in the availability zone, which causes an increase in the instance group size.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • zone_id: Availability zone ID.
  • source_metric: Metric name.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic

summary_utilization
DGAUGE

Total resource usage for all VM instances.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • source_metric: Metric name.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic

target_instances_count
IGAUGE, count

Target number of VM instances in the group.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic
  • Fixed.

target_instances_count_in_zone
IGAUGE, count

Target number of VM instances in the availability zone.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • zone_id: Availability zone ID.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic
  • Fixed.

test_autoscale_target_instances_count
IGAUGE

Number of target VM instances in the group as set by the autoscaling policy.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic

test_autoscale_target_instances_count_in_zone
IGAUGE

Number of target VM instances in the availability zone as set by the autoscaling policy.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • zone_id: Availability zone ID.
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic

target_utilization
DGAUGE

Target resource usage per VM.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • source_metric: Metric name.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic

utilization_in_zone
DGAUGE

Total resource usage for all VM instances in the availability zone.
Labels:

  • resource_id: Instance group name or ID.
  • resource_type: Resource type. The only available value is instance_group.
  • zone_id: Availability zone ID.
  • source_metric: Metric name.
  • Automatic
  • Fixed, but tested as automatic

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