diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/consumer.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/consumer.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30ae7c313b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/consumer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metrics // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics"
+
+import (
+	"context"
+
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/otlp/model/translator"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/quantile"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/pb"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/sketches"
+)
+
+var _ translator.Consumer = (*Consumer)(nil)
+var _ translator.HostConsumer = (*Consumer)(nil)
+var _ translator.TagsConsumer = (*Consumer)(nil)
+var _ translator.APMStatsConsumer = (*Consumer)(nil)
+
+// Consumer implements translator.Consumer. It records consumed metrics, sketches and
+// APM stats payloads. It provides them to the caller using the All method.
+type Consumer struct {
+	ms        []datadogV2.MetricSeries
+	sl        sketches.SketchSeriesList
+	as        []pb.ClientStatsPayload
+	seenHosts map[string]struct{}
+	seenTags  map[string]struct{}
+}
+
+// NewConsumer creates a new Datadog consumer. It implements translator.Consumer.
+func NewConsumer() *Consumer {
+	return &Consumer{
+		seenHosts: make(map[string]struct{}),
+		seenTags:  make(map[string]struct{}),
+	}
+}
+
+// toDataType maps translator datatypes to DatadogV2's datatypes.
+func (c *Consumer) toDataType(dt translator.MetricDataType) (out datadogV2.MetricIntakeType) {
+	out = datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_UNSPECIFIED
+
+	switch dt {
+	case translator.Count:
+		out = datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_COUNT
+	case translator.Gauge:
+		out = datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_GAUGE
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// runningMetrics gets the running metrics for the exporter.
+func (c *Consumer) runningMetrics(timestamp uint64, buildInfo component.BuildInfo) (series []datadogV2.MetricSeries) {
+	for host := range c.seenHosts {
+		// Report the host as running
+		runningMetric := DefaultMetrics("metrics", host, timestamp, buildInfo)
+		series = append(series, runningMetric...)
+	}
+
+	for tag := range c.seenTags {
+		runningMetrics := DefaultMetrics("metrics", "", timestamp, buildInfo)
+		for i := range runningMetrics {
+			runningMetrics[i].Tags = append(runningMetrics[i].Tags, tag)
+		}
+		series = append(series, runningMetrics...)
+	}
+
+	return
+}
+
+// All gets all metrics (consumed metrics and running metrics).
+func (c *Consumer) All(timestamp uint64, buildInfo component.BuildInfo, tags []string) ([]datadogV2.MetricSeries, sketches.SketchSeriesList, []pb.ClientStatsPayload) {
+	series := c.ms
+	series = append(series, c.runningMetrics(timestamp, buildInfo)...)
+	if len(tags) == 0 {
+		return series, c.sl, c.as
+	}
+	for i := range series {
+		series[i].Tags = append(series[i].Tags, tags...)
+	}
+	for i := range c.sl {
+		c.sl[i].Tags = append(c.sl[i].Tags, tags...)
+	}
+	for i := range c.as {
+		c.as[i].Tags = append(c.as[i].Tags, tags...)
+	}
+	return series, c.sl, c.as
+}
+
+// ConsumeAPMStats implements translator.APMStatsConsumer.
+func (c *Consumer) ConsumeAPMStats(s pb.ClientStatsPayload) {
+	c.as = append(c.as, s)
+}
+
+// ConsumeTimeSeries implements the translator.Consumer interface.
+func (c *Consumer) ConsumeTimeSeries(
+	_ context.Context,
+	dims *translator.Dimensions,
+	typ translator.MetricDataType,
+	timestamp uint64,
+	value float64,
+) {
+	dt := c.toDataType(typ)
+	met := NewMetric(dims.Name(), dt, timestamp, value, dims.Tags())
+	met.SetResources([]datadogV2.MetricResource{
+		{
+			Name: datadog.PtrString(dims.Host()),
+			Type: datadog.PtrString("host"),
+		},
+	})
+	c.ms = append(c.ms, met)
+}
+
+// ConsumeSketch implements the translator.Consumer interface.
+func (c *Consumer) ConsumeSketch(
+	_ context.Context,
+	dims *translator.Dimensions,
+	timestamp uint64,
+	sketch *quantile.Sketch,
+) {
+	c.sl = append(c.sl, sketches.SketchSeries{
+		Name:     dims.Name(),
+		Tags:     dims.Tags(),
+		Host:     dims.Host(),
+		Interval: 1,
+		Points: []sketches.SketchPoint{{
+			Ts:     int64(timestamp / 1e9),
+			Sketch: sketch,
+		}},
+	})
+}
+
+// ConsumeHost implements the translator.HostConsumer interface.
+func (c *Consumer) ConsumeHost(host string) {
+	c.seenHosts[host] = struct{}{}
+}
+
+// ConsumeTag implements the translator.TagsConsumer interface.
+func (c *Consumer) ConsumeTag(tag string) {
+	c.seenTags[tag] = struct{}{}
+}
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/consumer_deprecated_test.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/consumer_deprecated_test.go
index ad4e5833e66d..5aaf4559332d 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/consumer_deprecated_test.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/consumer_deprecated_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/otlp/model/attributes"
-	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/otlp/model/source"
-	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/otlp/model/translator"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/pb"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -32,23 +30,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/testutil"
 )
 
-type testProvider string
-
-func (t testProvider) Source(context.Context) (source.Source, error) {
-	return source.Source{Kind: source.HostnameKind, Identifier: string(t)}, nil
-}
-
-func newTranslator(t *testing.T, logger *zap.Logger) *translator.Translator {
-	tr, err := translator.New(logger,
-		translator.WithHistogramMode(translator.HistogramModeDistributions),
-		translator.WithNumberMode(translator.NumberModeCumulativeToDelta),
-		translator.WithFallbackSourceProvider(testProvider("fallbackHostname")),
-	)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	return tr
-}
-
-func TestRunningMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+func TestZorkianRunningMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	ms := pmetric.NewMetrics()
 	rms := ms.ResourceMetrics()
 
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/consumer_test.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/consumer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d0f42118b8f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/consumer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/otlp/model/attributes"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/otlp/model/source"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/otlp/model/translator"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/trace/pb"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pmetric"
+	conventions "go.opentelemetry.io/collector/semconv/v1.6.1"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+
+	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/testutil"
+)
+
+type testProvider string
+
+func (t testProvider) Source(context.Context) (source.Source, error) {
+	return source.Source{Kind: source.HostnameKind, Identifier: string(t)}, nil
+}
+
+func newTranslator(t *testing.T, logger *zap.Logger) *translator.Translator {
+	tr, err := translator.New(logger,
+		translator.WithHistogramMode(translator.HistogramModeDistributions),
+		translator.WithNumberMode(translator.NumberModeCumulativeToDelta),
+		translator.WithFallbackSourceProvider(testProvider("fallbackHostname")),
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	return tr
+}
+
+func TestRunningMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	ms := pmetric.NewMetrics()
+	rms := ms.ResourceMetrics()
+
+	rm := rms.AppendEmpty()
+	resAttrs := rm.Resource().Attributes()
+	resAttrs.PutStr(attributes.AttributeDatadogHostname, "resource-hostname-1")
+
+	rm = rms.AppendEmpty()
+	resAttrs = rm.Resource().Attributes()
+	resAttrs.PutStr(attributes.AttributeDatadogHostname, "resource-hostname-1")
+
+	rm = rms.AppendEmpty()
+	resAttrs = rm.Resource().Attributes()
+	resAttrs.PutStr(attributes.AttributeDatadogHostname, "resource-hostname-2")
+
+	rms.AppendEmpty()
+
+	logger, _ := zap.NewProduction()
+	tr := newTranslator(t, logger)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	consumer := NewConsumer()
+	assert.NoError(t, tr.MapMetrics(ctx, ms, consumer))
+
+	var runningHostnames []string
+	for _, metric := range consumer.runningMetrics(0, component.BuildInfo{}) {
+		for _, res := range metric.Resources {
+			runningHostnames = append(runningHostnames, *res.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t,
+		runningHostnames,
+		[]string{"fallbackHostname", "resource-hostname-1", "resource-hostname-2"},
+	)
+}
+
+func TestTagsMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	ms := pmetric.NewMetrics()
+	rms := ms.ResourceMetrics()
+
+	rm := rms.AppendEmpty()
+	baseAttrs := testutil.NewAttributeMap(map[string]string{
+		conventions.AttributeCloudProvider:      conventions.AttributeCloudProviderAWS,
+		conventions.AttributeCloudPlatform:      conventions.AttributeCloudPlatformAWSECS,
+		conventions.AttributeAWSECSTaskFamily:   "example-task-family",
+		conventions.AttributeAWSECSTaskRevision: "example-task-revision",
+		conventions.AttributeAWSECSLaunchtype:   conventions.AttributeAWSECSLaunchtypeFargate,
+	})
+	baseAttrs.CopyTo(rm.Resource().Attributes())
+	rm.Resource().Attributes().PutStr(conventions.AttributeAWSECSTaskARN, "task-arn-1")
+
+	rm = rms.AppendEmpty()
+	baseAttrs.CopyTo(rm.Resource().Attributes())
+	rm.Resource().Attributes().PutStr(conventions.AttributeAWSECSTaskARN, "task-arn-2")
+
+	rm = rms.AppendEmpty()
+	baseAttrs.CopyTo(rm.Resource().Attributes())
+	rm.Resource().Attributes().PutStr(conventions.AttributeAWSECSTaskARN, "task-arn-3")
+
+	logger, _ := zap.NewProduction()
+	tr := newTranslator(t, logger)
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	consumer := NewConsumer()
+	assert.NoError(t, tr.MapMetrics(ctx, ms, consumer))
+
+	runningMetrics := consumer.runningMetrics(0, component.BuildInfo{})
+	var runningTags []string
+	var runningHostnames []string
+	for _, metric := range runningMetrics {
+		runningTags = append(runningTags, metric.Tags...)
+		for _, res := range metric.Resources {
+			runningHostnames = append(runningHostnames, *res.Name)
+		}
+	}
+
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, runningHostnames, []string{"", "", ""})
+	assert.Len(t, runningMetrics, 3)
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, runningTags, []string{"task_arn:task-arn-1", "task_arn:task-arn-2", "task_arn:task-arn-3"})
+}
+
+func TestConsumeAPMStats(t *testing.T) {
+	c := NewConsumer()
+	for _, sp := range testutil.StatsPayloads {
+		c.ConsumeAPMStats(sp)
+	}
+	require.Len(t, c.as, len(testutil.StatsPayloads))
+	require.ElementsMatch(t, c.as, testutil.StatsPayloads)
+	_, _, out := c.All(0, component.BuildInfo{}, []string{})
+	require.ElementsMatch(t, out, testutil.StatsPayloads)
+	_, _, out = c.All(0, component.BuildInfo{}, []string{"extra:key"})
+	var copies []pb.ClientStatsPayload
+	for _, sp := range testutil.StatsPayloads {
+		sp.Tags = append(sp.Tags, "extra:key")
+		copies = append(copies, sp)
+	}
+	require.ElementsMatch(t, out, copies)
+}
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/system.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/system.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4752878089f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/system.go
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metrics // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics"
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
+)
+
+const (
+	// divMebibytes specifies the number of bytes in a mebibyte.
+	divMebibytes = 1024 * 1024
+	// divPercentage specifies the division necessary for converting fractions to percentages.
+	divPercentage = 0.01
+	// otelNamespacePrefix specifies the namespace used for OpenTelemetry host metrics.
+	otelNamespacePrefix = "otel."
+)
+
+// copySystemMetric copies the metric from src by giving it a new name. If div differs from 1, it scales all
+// data points.
+//
+// Warning: this is not a deep copy. Only some fields are fully copied, others remain shared. This is intentional.
+// Do not alter the returned metric (or the source one) after copying.
+func copySystemMetric(src datadogV2.MetricSeries, name string, div float64) datadogV2.MetricSeries {
+	cp := src
+	cp.Metric = name
+	// No need to set cp.Interval if cp.Type is gauge.
+	cp.Type = datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_GAUGE.Ptr()
+	if div == 0 || div == 1 || len(src.Points) == 0 {
+		// division by 0 or 1 should not have an impact
+		return cp
+	}
+	cp.Points = make([]datadogV2.MetricPoint, len(src.Points))
+	for i, dp := range src.Points {
+		cp.Points[i].Timestamp = dp.Timestamp
+		if dp.Value != nil {
+			newdp := *dp.Value / div
+			cp.Points[i].Value = &newdp
+		}
+	}
+	return cp
+}
+
+// extractSystemMetrics takes an OpenTelemetry metric m and extracts Datadog system metrics from it,
+// if m is a valid system metric. The boolean argument reports whether any system metrics were extractd.
+func extractSystemMetrics(m datadogV2.MetricSeries) []datadogV2.MetricSeries {
+	var series []datadogV2.MetricSeries
+	switch m.Metric {
+	case "system.cpu.load_average.1m":
+		series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.load.1", 1))
+	case "system.cpu.load_average.5m":
+		series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.load.5", 1))
+	case "system.cpu.load_average.15m":
+		series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.load.15", 1))
+	case "system.cpu.utilization":
+		for _, tag := range m.Tags {
+			switch tag {
+			case "state:idle":
+				series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.cpu.idle", divPercentage))
+			case "state:user":
+				series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.cpu.user", divPercentage))
+			case "state:system":
+				series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.cpu.system", divPercentage))
+			case "state:wait":
+				series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.cpu.iowait", divPercentage))
+			case "state:steal":
+				series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.cpu.stolen", divPercentage))
+			}
+		}
+	case "system.memory.usage":
+		series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.mem.total", divMebibytes))
+		for _, tag := range m.Tags {
+			switch tag {
+			case "state:free", "state:cached", "state:buffered":
+				series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.mem.usable", divMebibytes))
+			}
+		}
+	case "system.network.io":
+		for _, tag := range m.Tags {
+			switch tag {
+			case "direction:receive":
+				series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.net.bytes_rcvd", 1))
+			case "direction:transmit":
+				series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.net.bytes_sent", 1))
+			}
+		}
+	case "system.paging.usage":
+		for _, tag := range m.Tags {
+			switch tag {
+			case "state:free":
+				series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.swap.free", divMebibytes))
+			case "state:used":
+				series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.swap.used", divMebibytes))
+			}
+		}
+	case "system.filesystem.utilization":
+		series = append(series, copySystemMetric(m, "system.disk.in_use", 1))
+	}
+	return series
+}
+
+// PrepareSystemMetrics prepends system hosts metrics with the otel.* prefix to identify
+// them as part of the Datadog OpenTelemetry Integration. It also extracts Datadog compatible
+// system metrics and returns the full set of metrics to be used.
+func PrepareSystemMetrics(ms []datadogV2.MetricSeries) []datadogV2.MetricSeries {
+	series := ms
+	for i, m := range ms {
+		if !strings.HasPrefix(m.Metric, "system.") &&
+			!strings.HasPrefix(m.Metric, "process.") {
+			// not a system metric
+			continue
+		}
+		series = append(series, extractSystemMetrics(m)...)
+		// all existing system metrics need to be prepended
+		newname := otelNamespacePrefix + m.Metric
+		series[i].Metric = newname
+	}
+	return series
+}
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/system_deprecated.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/system_deprecated.go
index 1bdc723f1e05..3bd330be7d31 100644
--- a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/system_deprecated.go
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/system_deprecated.go
@@ -47,13 +47,6 @@ func copyZorkianSystemMetric(src zorkian.Metric, name string, div float64) zorki
 	return cp
 }
 
-const (
-	// divMebibytes specifies the number of bytes in a mebibyte.
-	divMebibytes = 1024 * 1024
-	// divPercentage specifies the division necessary for converting fractions to percentages.
-	divPercentage = 0.01
-)
-
 // extractZorkianSystemMetric takes an OpenTelemetry metric m and extracts Datadog system metrics from it,
 // if m is a valid system metric. The boolean argument reports whether any system metrics were extractd.
 func extractZorkianSystemMetric(m zorkian.Metric) []zorkian.Metric {
@@ -112,9 +105,6 @@ func extractZorkianSystemMetric(m zorkian.Metric) []zorkian.Metric {
 	return series
 }
 
-// otelNamespacePrefix specifies the namespace used for OpenTelemetry host metrics.
-const otelNamespacePrefix = "otel."
-
 // PrepareZorkianSystemMetrics prepends system hosts metrics with the otel.* prefix to identify
 // them as part of the Datadog OpenTelemetry Integration. It also extracts Datadog compatible
 // system metrics and returns the full set of metrics to be used.
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/system_test.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/system_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d045f710de5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/system_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,664 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metrics // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics"
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestCopyMetric(t *testing.T) {
+	sptr := func(s string) *string { return &s }
+	dp := func(a int64, b float64) datadogV2.MetricPoint {
+		return datadogV2.MetricPoint{
+			Timestamp: datadog.PtrInt64(a),
+			Value:     datadog.PtrFloat64(b),
+		}
+	}
+
+	var unspecified = datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_UNSPECIFIED
+	var gauge = datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_GAUGE
+
+	t.Run("renaming", func(t *testing.T) {
+		require.EqualValues(t, copySystemMetric(datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+			Metric:    "oldname",
+			Points:    []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+			Type:      &unspecified,
+			Resources: []datadogV2.MetricResource{{Name: sptr("oldhost"), Type: sptr("host")}},
+			Tags:      []string{"x", "y", "z"},
+			Unit:      sptr("oldunit"),
+		}, "newname", 1), datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+			Metric:    "newname",
+			Points:    []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+			Type:      &gauge,
+			Resources: []datadogV2.MetricResource{{Name: sptr("oldhost"), Type: sptr("host")}},
+			Tags:      []string{"x", "y", "z"},
+			Unit:      sptr("oldunit"),
+		})
+
+		require.EqualValues(t, copySystemMetric(datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+			Metric:    "oldname",
+			Points:    []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+			Type:      &unspecified,
+			Resources: []datadogV2.MetricResource{{Name: sptr("oldhost"), Type: sptr("host")}},
+			Tags:      []string{"x", "y", "z"},
+			Unit:      sptr("oldunit"),
+		}, "", 1), datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+			Metric:    "",
+			Points:    []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+			Type:      &gauge,
+			Resources: []datadogV2.MetricResource{{Name: sptr("oldhost"), Type: sptr("host")}},
+			Tags:      []string{"x", "y", "z"},
+			Unit:      sptr("oldunit"),
+		})
+
+		require.EqualValues(t, copySystemMetric(datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+			Metric:    "",
+			Points:    []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+			Type:      &unspecified,
+			Resources: []datadogV2.MetricResource{{Name: sptr("oldhost"), Type: sptr("host")}},
+			Tags:      []string{"x", "y", "z"},
+			Unit:      sptr("oldunit"),
+		}, "", 1), datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+			Metric:    "",
+			Points:    []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+			Type:      &gauge,
+			Resources: []datadogV2.MetricResource{{Name: sptr("oldhost"), Type: sptr("host")}},
+			Tags:      []string{"x", "y", "z"},
+			Unit:      sptr("oldunit"),
+		})
+	})
+
+	t.Run("division", func(t *testing.T) {
+		for _, tt := range []struct {
+			in, out []datadogV2.MetricPoint
+			div     float64
+		}{
+			{
+				in:  []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0), dp(1, 20)},
+				div: 0,
+				out: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0), dp(1, 20)},
+			},
+			{
+				in:  []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0), dp(1, 20)},
+				div: 1,
+				out: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0), dp(1, 20)},
+			},
+			{
+				in:  []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 0), {}},
+				div: 2,
+				out: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 0), {}},
+			},
+			{
+				in:  []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0), dp(1, 20)},
+				div: 10,
+				out: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0), dp(1, 2)},
+			},
+			{
+				in:  []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 0), dp(55, math.MaxFloat64)},
+				div: 1024 * 1024.5,
+				out: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 0), dp(55, 1.713577063947272e+302)},
+			},
+			{
+				in:  []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 0), dp(55, 20)},
+				div: math.MaxFloat64,
+				out: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 0), dp(55, 1.1125369292536009e-307)},
+			},
+		} {
+			t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%.0f", tt.div), func(t *testing.T) {
+				require.EqualValues(t,
+					copySystemMetric(datadogV2.MetricSeries{Points: tt.in}, "", tt.div),
+					datadogV2.MetricSeries{Metric: "", Type: &gauge, Points: tt.out},
+				)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+func TestExtractSystemMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	dp := func(a int64, b float64) datadogV2.MetricPoint {
+		return datadogV2.MetricPoint{
+			Timestamp: datadog.PtrInt64(a),
+			Value:     datadog.PtrFloat64(b),
+		}
+	}
+
+	var gauge = datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_GAUGE
+
+	for _, tt := range []struct {
+		in  datadogV2.MetricSeries
+		out []datadogV2.MetricSeries
+	}{
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.load_average.1m",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.load.1",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.load_average.5m",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.load.5",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.load_average.15m",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.load.15",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.utilization",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:idle"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.idle",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 200), dp(3, 400)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:idle"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.utilization",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:user"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.user",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 200), dp(3, 400)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:user"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.utilization",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:system"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.system",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 200), dp(3, 400)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:system"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.utilization",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:wait"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.iowait",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 200), dp(3, 400)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:wait"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.utilization",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:steal"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.cpu.stolen",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 200), dp(3, 400)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:steal"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.memory.usage",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:other"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.mem.total",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 1.9073486328125e-06), dp(3, 3.814697265625e-06)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:other"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.memory.usage",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:free"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.mem.total",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 1.9073486328125e-06), dp(3, 3.814697265625e-06)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:free"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}, {
+				Metric: "system.mem.usable",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 1.9073486328125e-06), dp(3, 3.814697265625e-06)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:free"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.memory.usage",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:cached"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.mem.total",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 1.9073486328125e-06), dp(3, 3.814697265625e-06)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:cached"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}, {
+				Metric: "system.mem.usable",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 1.9073486328125e-06), dp(3, 3.814697265625e-06)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:cached"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.memory.usage",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:buffered"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.mem.total",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 1.9073486328125e-06), dp(3, 3.814697265625e-06)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:buffered"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}, {
+				Metric: "system.mem.usable",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 1.9073486328125e-06), dp(3, 3.814697265625e-06)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:buffered"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.network.io",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"direction:receive"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.net.bytes_rcvd",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"direction:receive"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.network.io",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"direction:transmit"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.net.bytes_sent",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"direction:transmit"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.paging.usage",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:free"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.swap.free",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 1.9073486328125e-06), dp(3, 3.814697265625e-06)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:free"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.paging.usage",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:used"},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.swap.used",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 1.9073486328125e-06), dp(3, 3.814697265625e-06)},
+				Tags:   []string{"state:used"},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+		{
+			in: datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+				Metric: "system.filesystem.utilization",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+			},
+			out: []datadogV2.MetricSeries{{
+				Metric: "system.disk.in_use",
+				Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(2, 2), dp(3, 4)},
+				Type:   &gauge,
+			}},
+		},
+	} {
+		t.Run("", func(t *testing.T) {
+			out := extractSystemMetrics(tt.in)
+			require.EqualValues(t, tt.out, out, fmt.Sprintf("%s[%#v]", tt.in.Metric, tt.in.Tags))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPrepareSystemMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	var gauge = datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_GAUGE
+
+	m := func(name string, tags []string, points ...float64) datadogV2.MetricSeries {
+		met := datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+			Metric: name,
+			Tags:   tags,
+		}
+		if len(points)%2 != 0 {
+			t.Fatal("Number of data point arguments passed to function must be even.")
+		}
+		met.Points = make([]datadogV2.MetricPoint, 0, len(points)/2)
+		for i := 0; i < len(points); i += 2 {
+			ts := int64(points[i])
+			val := points[i+1]
+			met.Points = append(met.Points, datadogV2.MetricPoint{Timestamp: datadog.PtrInt64(ts), Value: datadog.PtrFloat64(val)})
+		}
+		return met
+	}
+
+	dp := func(a int64, b float64) datadogV2.MetricPoint {
+		return datadogV2.MetricPoint{
+			Timestamp: datadog.PtrInt64(a),
+			Value:     datadog.PtrFloat64(b),
+		}
+	}
+
+	require.EqualValues(t, PrepareSystemMetrics([]datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+		m("system.metric.1", nil, 0.1, 0.2),
+		m("system.metric.2", nil, 0.3, 0.4),
+		m("process.metric.1", nil, 0.5, 0.6),
+		m("process.metric.2", nil, 0.7, 0.8),
+		m("system.cpu.load_average.1m", nil, 1, 2),
+		m("system.cpu.load_average.5m", nil, 3, 4),
+		m("system.cpu.load_average.15m", nil, 5, 6),
+		m("system.cpu.utilization", []string{"state:idle"}, 0.15, 0.17),
+		m("system.cpu.utilization", []string{"state:user"}, 0.18, 0.19),
+		m("system.cpu.utilization", []string{"state:system"}, 0.20, 0.21),
+		m("system.cpu.utilization", []string{"state:wait"}, 0.22, 0.23),
+		m("system.cpu.utilization", []string{"state:steal"}, 0.24, 0.25),
+		m("system.cpu.utilization", []string{"state:other"}, 0.26, 0.27),
+		m("system.memory.usage", nil, 1, 0.30),
+		m("system.memory.usage", []string{"state:other"}, 1, 1.35),
+		m("system.memory.usage", []string{"state:free"}, 1, 1.30),
+		m("system.memory.usage", []string{"state:cached"}, 1, 1.35),
+		m("system.memory.usage", []string{"state:buffered"}, 1, 1.37, 2, 2.22),
+		m("system.network.io", []string{"direction:receive"}, 1, 2.37, 2, 3.22),
+		m("system.network.io", []string{"direction:transmit"}, 1, 4.37, 2, 5.22),
+		m("system.paging.usage", []string{"state:free"}, 1, 4.37, 2, 5.22),
+		m("system.paging.usage", []string{"state:used"}, 1, 4.3, 2, 8.22),
+		m("system.filesystem.utilization", nil, 1, 4.3, 2, 5.5, 3, 12.1),
+	}), []datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.metric.1",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0.2)},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.metric.2",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0.4)},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.process.metric.1",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0.6)},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.process.metric.2",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0.8)},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.cpu.load_average.1m",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2)},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.cpu.load_average.5m",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(3, 4)},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.cpu.load_average.15m",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(5, 6)},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.cpu.utilization",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0.17)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:idle"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.cpu.utilization",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0.19)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:user"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.cpu.utilization",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0.21)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:system"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.cpu.utilization",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0.23)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:wait"}},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.cpu.utilization",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0.25)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:steal"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.cpu.utilization",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 0.27)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:other"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.memory.usage",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 0.3)},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.memory.usage",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.35)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:other"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.memory.usage",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.3)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:free"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.memory.usage",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.35)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:cached"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.memory.usage",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.37), dp(2, 2.22)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:buffered"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.network.io",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2.37), dp(2, 3.22)},
+			Tags:   []string{"direction:receive"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.network.io",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 4.37), dp(2, 5.22)},
+			Tags:   []string{"direction:transmit"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.paging.usage",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 4.37), dp(2, 5.22)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:free"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.paging.usage",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 4.3), dp(2, 8.22)},
+			Tags:   []string{"state:used"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "otel.system.filesystem.utilization",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 4.3), dp(2, 5.5), dp(3, 12.1)},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.load.1",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.load.5",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(3, 4)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.load.15",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(5, 6)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.cpu.idle",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 17)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:idle"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.cpu.user",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 19)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:user"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.cpu.system",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 21)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:system"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.cpu.iowait",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 23)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:wait"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.cpu.stolen",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(0, 25)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:steal"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.mem.total",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2.86102294921875e-07)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.mem.total",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.2874603271484376e-06)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:other"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.mem.total",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.239776611328125e-06)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:free"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.mem.usable",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.239776611328125e-06)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:free"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.mem.total",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.2874603271484376e-06)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:cached"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.mem.usable",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.2874603271484376e-06)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:cached"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.mem.total",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.3065338134765626e-06), dp(2, 2.117156982421875e-06)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:buffered"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.mem.usable",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 1.3065338134765626e-06), dp(2, 2.117156982421875e-06)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:buffered"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.net.bytes_rcvd",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 2.37), dp(2, 3.22)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"direction:receive"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.net.bytes_sent",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 4.37), dp(2, 5.22)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"direction:transmit"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.swap.free",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 4.37/1024/1024), dp(2, 5.22/1024/1024)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:free"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.swap.used",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 4.3/1024/1024), dp(2, 8.22/1024/1024)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+			Tags:   []string{"state:used"},
+		},
+		{
+			Metric: "system.disk.in_use",
+			Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{dp(1, 4.3), dp(2, 5.5), dp(3, 12.1)},
+			Type:   &gauge,
+		},
+	})
+}
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/utils.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/utils.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52cf5b0ee7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/utils.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metrics // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics"
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+)
+
+// newMetricSeries creates a new Datadog metric series given a name, a Unix nanoseconds timestamp
+// a value and a slice of tags
+func newMetricSeries(name string, ts uint64, value float64, tags []string) datadogV2.MetricSeries {
+	// Transform UnixNano timestamp into Unix timestamp
+	// 1 second = 1e9 ns
+	timestamp := int64(ts / 1e9)
+
+	metric := datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+		Metric: name,
+		Points: []datadogV2.MetricPoint{
+			{
+				Timestamp: datadog.PtrInt64(timestamp),
+				Value:     datadog.PtrFloat64(value),
+			},
+		},
+		Tags: tags,
+	}
+	return metric
+}
+
+// NewMetric creates a new DatadogV2 metric given a name, a type, a Unix nanoseconds timestamp
+// a value and a slice of tags
+func NewMetric(name string, dt datadogV2.MetricIntakeType, ts uint64, value float64, tags []string) datadogV2.MetricSeries {
+	metric := newMetricSeries(name, ts, value, tags)
+	metric.SetType(dt)
+	return metric
+}
+
+// NewGauge creates a new DatadogV2 Gauge metric given a name, a Unix nanoseconds timestamp
+// a value and a slice of tags
+func NewGauge(name string, ts uint64, value float64, tags []string) datadogV2.MetricSeries {
+	return NewMetric(name, datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_GAUGE, ts, value, tags)
+}
+
+// NewCount creates a new DatadogV2 count metric given a name, a Unix nanoseconds timestamp
+// a value and a slice of tags
+func NewCount(name string, ts uint64, value float64, tags []string) datadogV2.MetricSeries {
+	return NewMetric(name, datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_COUNT, ts, value, tags)
+}
+
+// DefaultMetrics creates built-in metrics to report that an exporter is running
+func DefaultMetrics(exporterType string, hostname string, timestamp uint64, buildInfo component.BuildInfo) []datadogV2.MetricSeries {
+	var tags []string
+	if buildInfo.Version != "" {
+		tags = append(tags, "version:"+buildInfo.Version)
+	}
+	if buildInfo.Command != "" {
+		tags = append(tags, "command:"+buildInfo.Command)
+	}
+	metrics := []datadogV2.MetricSeries{
+		NewGauge(fmt.Sprintf("otel.datadog_exporter.%s.running", exporterType), timestamp, 1.0, tags),
+	}
+	for i := range metrics {
+		metrics[i].SetResources([]datadogV2.MetricResource{
+			{
+				Name: datadog.PtrString(hostname),
+				Type: datadog.PtrString("host"),
+			},
+		})
+	}
+	return metrics
+}
diff --git a/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/utils_test.go b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/utils_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c7e062e400e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exporter/datadogexporter/internal/metrics/utils_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
+)
+
+func TestNewMetricSeries(t *testing.T) {
+	name := "test.metric"
+	ts := uint64(1e9)
+	value := 2.0
+	tags := []string{"tag:value"}
+
+	metric := newMetricSeries(name, ts, value, tags)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "test.metric", metric.Metric)
+	// Assert timestamp conversion from uint64 ns to int64 s
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(1), *metric.Points[0].Timestamp)
+	// Assert value
+	assert.Equal(t, 2.0, *metric.Points[0].Value)
+	// Assert tags
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"tag:value"}, metric.Tags)
+}
+
+func TestNewType(t *testing.T) {
+	name := "test.metric"
+	ts := uint64(1e9)
+	value := 2.0
+	tags := []string{"tag:value"}
+
+	gauge := NewGauge(name, ts, value, tags)
+	assert.Equal(t, gauge.GetType(), datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_GAUGE)
+
+	count := NewCount(name, ts, value, tags)
+	assert.Equal(t, count.GetType(), datadogV2.METRICINTAKETYPE_COUNT)
+}
+
+func TestDefaultMetrics(t *testing.T) {
+	buildInfo := component.BuildInfo{
+		Version: "1.0",
+		Command: "otelcontribcol",
+	}
+
+	ms := DefaultMetrics("metrics", "test-host", uint64(2e9), buildInfo)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "otel.datadog_exporter.metrics.running", ms[0].Metric)
+	// Assert metrics list length (should be 1)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1, len(ms))
+	// Assert timestamp
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(2), *ms[0].Points[0].Timestamp)
+	// Assert value (should always be 1.0)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1.0, *ms[0].Points[0].Value)
+	// Assert hostname tag is set
+	assert.Equal(t, "test-host", *ms[0].Resources[0].Name)
+	// Assert no other tags are set
+	assert.ElementsMatch(t, []string{"version:1.0", "command:otelcontribcol"}, ms[0].Tags)
+}