[DOCS-13183] Update buffer metrics for 2.13 #34139
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I think I missed the pipelines.source_buffer_utilization_mean and pipelines.transform_buffer_utilization_mean metrics in the slack thread, sorry about that.
These both represent the exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) of their respective metric
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Co-authored-by: Jansen <jansenwenb@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Jansen <jansenwenb@gmail.com>
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| `pipelines.source_buffer_utilization` | ||
| : The percentage of a source's buffer that is used. | ||
| : Histogram of event count in a source's buffer. Sources ingest events, then write them to this buffer. |
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* update doc * small edit * updates * update destinations * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Jansen <jansenwenb@gmail.com> * edits * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Jansen <jansenwenb@gmail.com> * Apply suggestions from code review * updates * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Jansen <jansenwenb@gmail.com> * Apply suggestions from code review * fix link * remove preview box and update links * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Bryce Eadie <bryce.eadie@datadoghq.com> * fix link in shortcode * [DOCS-13183] Update buffer metrics for 2.13 (#34139) * update metrics and add new ones * update * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Jansen <jansenwenb@gmail.com> * Apply suggestion from @Jansen-w Co-authored-by: Jansen <jansenwenb@gmail.com> * Apply suggestions from code review Co-authored-by: Jansen <jansenwenb@gmail.com> * add metrics --------- Co-authored-by: Jansen <jansenwenb@gmail.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Jansen <jansenwenb@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Bryce Eadie <bryce.eadie@datadoghq.com>
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Update buffer metrics.
Preview: https://docs-staging.datadoghq.com/may/2.13-buffer-metrics/observability_pipelines/monitoring_and_troubleshooting/pipeline_usage_metrics/#buffer-metrics-when-buffering-is-enabled
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