Supported metrics for microsoft.compute/disks

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The following table lists the metrics available for the microsoft.compute/disks resource type.

Table headings

Metric - The metric display name as it appears in the Azure portal.
Name in Rest API - Metric name as referred to in the REST API.
Unit - Unit of measure.
Aggregation - The default aggregation type. Valid values: Average, Minimum, Maximum, Total, Count.
Dimensions - Dimensions available for the metric.
Time Grains - Intervals at which the metric is sampled. For example, PT1M indicates that the metric is sampled every minute, PT30M every 30 minutes, PT1H every hour, and so on.
DS Export- Whether the metric is exportable to Azure Monitor Logs via Diagnostic Settings.

For information on exporting metrics, see Create diagnostic settings in Azure Monitor.

For information on metric retention, see Azure Monitor Metrics overview.

Category Metric Name in REST API Unit Aggregation Dimensions Time Grains DS Export
Disk Performance Disk Read Bytes/sec(Preview)

Bytes/sec read from disk during monitoring period, please note, this metric is in preview and is subject to change before becoming generally available		 Composite Disk Read Bytes/sec BytesPerSecond Average <none> PT1M No
Disk Performance Disk Read Operations/sec(Preview)

Number of read IOs performed on a disk during monitoring period, please note, this metric is in preview and is subject to change before becoming generally available		 Composite Disk Read Operations/sec CountPerSecond Average <none> PT1M No
Disk Performance Disk Write Bytes/sec(Preview)

Bytes/sec written to disk during monitoring period, please note, this metric is in preview and is subject to change before becoming generally available		 Composite Disk Write Bytes/sec BytesPerSecond Average <none> PT1M No
Disk Performance Disk Write Operations/sec(Preview)

Number of Write IOs performed on a disk during monitoring period, please note, this metric is in preview and is subject to change before becoming generally available		 Composite Disk Write Operations/sec CountPerSecond Average <none> PT1M No
Disk Performance Disk On-demand Burst Operations(Preview)

The accumulated operations of burst transactions used for disks with on-demand burst enabled. Emitted on an hour interval		 DiskPaidBurstIOPS Count Average <none> PT1M No

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