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Ho w to correctly measure Bytes Received/sec &&&&& Bytes Sent/sec
I would like to correctly measure through log analytic and then in Grafana network traffic generated for one or more VMs. For test VMs I have enable Data collection rule and enabled collecting d...
The difference between the results from the Perf table and the InsightsMetrics table is expected. According to Microsoft, the Perf table is a legacy data source and is being phased out, while InsightsMetrics is the authoritative source for virtual machine network metrics in Azure Monitor. For reliable measurement of Bytes Received/sec and Bytes Sent/sec, may consider using InsightsMetrics rather than Perf.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/reference/tables/insightsmetrics
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-monitor/reference/tables/perf