An entry in cMTSystemMetricStatsTable represents CPU or memory utilization information of a hop on the path associated to a Mediatrace session such as five minutes CPU utilization, memory utilization, etc. The devices creates a row in the cMTSystemMetricStatsTable when a Mediatrace session starts collecting a system metrics data and has been configured to compute system metrics. Likewise, the device destroys a row in the cMTSystemMetricStatsTable when the corresponding Mediatrace session has ceased collecting the system metrics data (e.g., when a scheduled session has timed out). A single row corresponds to a CPU or memory utilization information of a hop on the path discovered for a Mediatrace session and is uniquely identified by cMTSessionNumber, cMTSessionLifeNumber, cMTBucketNumber,cMTHopStatsAddrType and cMTHopStatsAddr. The created rows are destroyed when the device undergoes a restart.