# The container data collected by metricbeat is inconsistent with the computer top command

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-container-data-collected-by-metricbeat-is-inconsistent-with-the-computer-top-command/247470>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** docker, metricbeat\
**Created:** [September 4, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-container-data-collected-by-metricbeat-is-inconsistent-with-the-computer-top-command/247470 "2020-09-04T02:09:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZenSwordzhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ZenSwordzhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZenSwordzhang)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 2:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-container-data-collected-by-metricbeat-is-inconsistent-with-the-computer-top-command/247470/1 "2020-09-04T02:09:21Z")

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## This is the collected es container indicator data

- ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/9/19960dbe716ae166367b961ce5a4db18c9165446.png)

## This is the computer data seen by the top command

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/f/afa2b88ff8f1c91647faa0e2026af393968e3d0d.png)

## Why is this?

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**Author:** ![ChrsMark](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/chrsmark/32/55858_2.png) [@ChrsMark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ChrsMark)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2020, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-container-data-collected-by-metricbeat-is-inconsistent-with-the-computer-top-command/247470/2 "2020-09-04T08:48:54Z")

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Hi!

If I'm not mistaken those metrics are being collected from `docker stats` utility. You can run `docker stats` [https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/stats/](https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/stats/) and verify that.

C.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/the-container-data-collected-by-metricbeat-is-inconsistent-with-the-computer-top-command/247470/3 "2020-10-02T10:48:58Z")

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