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description: It is important to understand the volume of metrics that you are ingesting into Sumo Logic.
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import useBaseUrl from '@docusaurus/useBaseUrl';

This page describes the limits Sumo Logic enforces on the metrics you ingest into Sumo Logic, including data volume limits and metadata-related limits.

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#### Audit logging 

When one of the limits described above is exceeded, Sumo Logic creates a `MetricsMetadataLimitsExceeded` Health Event for the associated Metric Source and writes an error or warning message to the Audit Event Index.
When one of the limits described above is exceeded, Sumo Logic creates a [`MetricsMetadataLimitsExceeded`](https://service.sumologic.com/audit/docs/#operation/getMetricsMetadataLimitsExceeded) Health Event for the associated Metric Source and writes an error or warning message to the [System Event Index](/docs/manage/security/audit-indexes/system-event-index/).

Here is an example of a Health Event for a Metrics Source that sent offending metrics:
Here is an example of a [Health Event](/docs/manage/health-events) for a Metrics Source that sent offending metrics:

![metadata-health-event.png](/img/metrics/metadata-health-event.png)
<img src={useBaseUrl('/img/metrics/metadata-health-event.png')} alt="MetricsMetadataLimitsExceeded health event error" style={{border: '1px solid gray'}} width="400" />

Here is an example of an Audit Event Index message generated when
Here is an example of a System Event Index message generated when
metrics sent to Sumo Logic exceed the metadata value limit.

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