diff --git a/vendor/github.com/armon/go-metrics/start.go b/vendor/github.com/armon/go-metrics/start.go
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+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// Config is used to configure metrics settings
+type Config struct {
+	ServiceName          string        // Prefixed with keys to seperate services
+	HostName             string        // Hostname to use. If not provided and EnableHostname, it will be os.Hostname
+	EnableHostname       bool          // Enable prefixing gauge values with hostname
+	EnableRuntimeMetrics bool          // Enables profiling of runtime metrics (GC, Goroutines, Memory)
+	EnableTypePrefix     bool          // Prefixes key with a type ("counter", "gauge", "timer")
+	TimerGranularity     time.Duration // Granularity of timers.
+	ProfileInterval      time.Duration // Interval to profile runtime metrics
+}
+
+// Metrics represents an instance of a metrics sink that can
+// be used to emit
+type Metrics struct {
+	Config
+	lastNumGC uint32
+	sink      MetricSink
+}
+
+// Shared global metrics instance
+var globalMetrics *Metrics
+
+func init() {
+	// Initialize to a blackhole sink to avoid errors
+	globalMetrics = &Metrics{sink: &BlackholeSink{}}
+}
+
+// DefaultConfig provides a sane default configuration
+func DefaultConfig(serviceName string) *Config {
+	c := &Config{
+		ServiceName:          serviceName, // Use client provided service
+		HostName:             "",
+		EnableHostname:       true,             // Enable hostname prefix
+		EnableRuntimeMetrics: true,             // Enable runtime profiling
+		EnableTypePrefix:     false,            // Disable type prefix
+		TimerGranularity:     time.Millisecond, // Timers are in milliseconds
+		ProfileInterval:      time.Second,      // Poll runtime every second
+	}
+
+	// Try to get the hostname
+	name, _ := os.Hostname()
+	c.HostName = name
+	return c
+}
+
+// New is used to create a new instance of Metrics
+func New(conf *Config, sink MetricSink) (*Metrics, error) {
+	met := &Metrics{}
+	met.Config = *conf
+	met.sink = sink
+
+	// Start the runtime collector
+	if conf.EnableRuntimeMetrics {
+		go met.collectStats()
+	}
+	return met, nil
+}
+
+// NewGlobal is the same as New, but it assigns the metrics object to be
+// used globally as well as returning it.
+func NewGlobal(conf *Config, sink MetricSink) (*Metrics, error) {
+	metrics, err := New(conf, sink)
+	if err == nil {
+		globalMetrics = metrics
+	}
+	return metrics, err
+}
+
+// Proxy all the methods to the globalMetrics instance
+func SetGauge(key []string, val float32) {
+	globalMetrics.SetGauge(key, val)
+}
+
+func EmitKey(key []string, val float32) {
+	globalMetrics.EmitKey(key, val)
+}
+
+func IncrCounter(key []string, val float32) {
+	globalMetrics.IncrCounter(key, val)
+}
+
+func AddSample(key []string, val float32) {
+	globalMetrics.AddSample(key, val)
+}
+
+func MeasureSince(key []string, start time.Time) {
+	globalMetrics.MeasureSince(key, start)
+}