diff --git a/storage/kvstore.go b/storage/kvstore.go
index 97d8edfe8..7cc4c19c1 100644
--- a/storage/kvstore.go
+++ b/storage/kvstore.go
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ func newStore(path string) *store {
 func (s *store) Put(key, value []byte) int64 {
 	id := s.TxnBegin()
 	s.put(key, value, s.currentRev.main+1)
-	s.TxnEnd(id)
+	s.txnEnd(id)
+
+	putCounter.Inc()
 
 	return int64(s.currentRev.main)
 }
@@ -78,7 +80,9 @@ func (s *store) Put(key, value []byte) int64 {
 func (s *store) Range(key, end []byte, limit, rangeRev int64) (kvs []storagepb.KeyValue, rev int64, err error) {
 	id := s.TxnBegin()
 	kvs, rev, err = s.rangeKeys(key, end, limit, rangeRev)
-	s.TxnEnd(id)
+	s.txnEnd(id)
+
+	rangeCounter.Inc()
 
 	return kvs, rev, err
 }
@@ -86,7 +90,9 @@ func (s *store) Range(key, end []byte, limit, rangeRev int64) (kvs []storagepb.K
 func (s *store) DeleteRange(key, end []byte) (n, rev int64) {
 	id := s.TxnBegin()
 	n = s.deleteRange(key, end, s.currentRev.main+1)
-	s.TxnEnd(id)
+	s.txnEnd(id)
+
+	deleteCounter.Inc()
 
 	return n, int64(s.currentRev.main)
 }
@@ -102,6 +108,18 @@ func (s *store) TxnBegin() int64 {
 }
 
 func (s *store) TxnEnd(txnID int64) error {
+	err := s.txnEnd(txnID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	txnCounter.Inc()
+	return nil
+}
+
+// txnEnd is used for unlocking an internal txn. It does
+// not increase the txnCounter.
+func (s *store) txnEnd(txnID int64) error {
 	s.tmu.Lock()
 	defer s.tmu.Unlock()
 	if txnID != s.txnID {
@@ -162,6 +180,8 @@ func (s *store) Compact(rev int64) error {
 		return ErrFutureRev
 	}
 
+	start := time.Now()
+
 	s.compactMainRev = rev
 
 	rbytes := newRevBytes()
@@ -178,6 +198,8 @@ func (s *store) Compact(rev int64) error {
 
 	s.wg.Add(1)
 	go s.scheduleCompaction(rev, keep)
+
+	indexCompactionPauseDurations.Observe(float64(time.Now().Sub(start) / time.Millisecond))
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/storage/kvstore_compaction.go b/storage/kvstore_compaction.go
index 7f1d307de..d63e25f42 100644
--- a/storage/kvstore_compaction.go
+++ b/storage/kvstore_compaction.go
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ import (
 
 func (s *store) scheduleCompaction(compactMainRev int64, keep map[revision]struct{}) {
 	defer s.wg.Done()
+
+	totalStart := time.Now()
+	defer dbCompactionTotalDurations.Observe(float64(time.Now().Sub(totalStart) / time.Millisecond))
+
 	end := make([]byte, 8)
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(end, uint64(compactMainRev+1))
 
@@ -15,6 +19,7 @@ func (s *store) scheduleCompaction(compactMainRev int64, keep map[revision]struc
 	for {
 		var rev revision
 
+		start := time.Now()
 		tx := s.b.BatchTx()
 		tx.Lock()
 
@@ -37,6 +42,7 @@ func (s *store) scheduleCompaction(compactMainRev int64, keep map[revision]struc
 		// update last
 		revToBytes(revision{main: rev.main, sub: rev.sub + 1}, last)
 		tx.Unlock()
+		dbCompactionPauseDurations.Observe(float64(time.Now().Sub(start) / time.Millisecond))
 
 		select {
 		case <-time.After(100 * time.Millisecond):
diff --git a/storage/metrics.go b/storage/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d677c879b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/storage/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+// Copyright 2015 CoreOS, Inc.
+//
+// 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 storage
+
+import (
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+)
+
+var (
+	rangeCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "range_total",
+			Help:      "Total number of ranges seen by this member.",
+		})
+
+	putCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "put_total",
+			Help:      "Total number of puts seen by this member.",
+		})
+
+	deleteCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "delete_total",
+			Help:      "Total number of deletes seen by this member.",
+		})
+
+	txnCounter = prometheus.NewCounter(
+		prometheus.CounterOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "txn_total",
+			Help:      "Total number of txns seen by this member.",
+		})
+
+	indexCompactionPauseDurations = prometheus.NewHistogram(
+		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "index_compaction_pause_duration_milliseconds",
+			Help:      "Bucketed histogram of index compaction puase duration.",
+			// 0.5ms -> 1second
+			Buckets: prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(0.5, 2, 12),
+		})
+
+	dbCompactionPauseDurations = prometheus.NewHistogram(
+		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "db_compaction_pause_duration_milliseconds",
+			Help:      "Bucketed histogram of db compaction puase duration.",
+			// 1ms -> 4second
+			Buckets: prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(1, 2, 13),
+		})
+
+	dbCompactionTotalDurations = prometheus.NewHistogram(
+		prometheus.HistogramOpts{
+			Namespace: "etcd",
+			Subsystem: "storage",
+			Name:      "db_compaction_total_duration_milliseconds",
+			Help:      "Bucketed histogram of db compaction total duration.",
+			// 100ms -> 800second
+			Buckets: prometheus.ExponentialBuckets(100, 2, 14),
+		})
+)
+
+func init() {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(rangeCounter)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(putCounter)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(deleteCounter)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(indexCompactionPauseDurations)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(dbCompactionPauseDurations)
+	prometheus.MustRegister(dbCompactionTotalDurations)
+}