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# StatsD Agent

StatsD can also be used to pre-aggregate your data before sending it to Hosted Graphite.

You can configure your StatsD instance to send metrics to us by following our [*StatsD docs*](/add-ons-and-integrations-guide/statsd-add-on.md) in our Add-Ons and Integrations Guide.

If you haven’t installed StatsD yet, you might also find the StatsD [installation instructions](https://github.com/statsd/statsd#installation-and-configuration) helpful.

### Hosted StatsD

We also provide a Hosted StatsD solution if you don’t have the luxury of running a server yourself, check out the documentation for [*Hosted StatsD*](/add-ons-and-integrations-guide/statsd-add-on.md#hosted-statsd) to get set up with only a few clicks! Enable Hosted StatsD in your account to forward metrics to our statsd endpoint: statsd.hostedgraphite.com:8125

### Try our Data Views

Like the added counters but not interested in using StatsD? Learn about our [Data Views ](/additional-features/data-views.md)provided for all metrics. While Data Views aren’t direct equivalents to StatsD types, they provide similar ways to work with your data:

* **counters** -> `:sum` (total count), `:sumrate` (per-second rate)
* **gauges** -> `:avg`, `:min`, `:max` (aggregations of reported values)
* **timers** -> `:avg`, `:min`, `:max`, `:95pct`, etc. (distribution-style views)