diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/adapter_types.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/adapter_types.ts
index 8b975feb7a0fa..adb8c811ed57d 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/adapter_types.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/adapter_types.ts
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ export enum InfraMetricModelMetricType {
   positive_only = 'positive_only', // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/camelcase
   derivative = 'derivative',
   count = 'count',
+  sum = 'sum',
+  cumulative_sum = 'cumulative_sum', // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/camelcase
 }
 
 export interface InfraMetricModel {
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_diskio_bytes.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_diskio_bytes.ts
index 90146e6de5370..15077c3c64cf7 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_diskio_bytes.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_diskio_bytes.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
 } from '../../adapter_types';
 import { InfraMetric } from '../../../../../graphql/types';
 
+// see discussion in: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/42687
+
 export const awsDiskioBytes: InfraMetricModelCreator = (
   timeField,
   indexPattern,
@@ -30,14 +32,24 @@ export const awsDiskioBytes: InfraMetricModelCreator = (
       metrics: [
         {
           field: 'aws.ec2.diskio.write.bytes',
-          id: 'max-diskio-out',
-          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.max,
+          id: 'sum-diskio-out',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.sum,
         },
         {
-          id: 'by-second-max-diskio-out',
-          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.calculation,
-          variables: [{ id: 'var-max', name: 'max', field: 'max-diskio-out' }],
-          script: 'params.max / 300', // TODO: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/42687
+          id: 'csum-sum-diskio-out',
+          field: 'sum-diskio-out',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.cumulative_sum,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'deriv-csum-sum-diskio-out',
+          unit: '1s',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.derivative,
+          field: 'csum-sum-diskio-out',
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'posonly-deriv-csum-sum-diskio-out',
+          field: 'deriv-csum-sum-diskio-out',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.positive_only,
         },
       ],
       split_mode: 'everything',
@@ -47,14 +59,30 @@ export const awsDiskioBytes: InfraMetricModelCreator = (
       metrics: [
         {
           field: 'aws.ec2.diskio.read.bytes',
-          id: 'max-diskio-in',
-          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.max,
+          id: 'sum-diskio-in',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.sum,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'csum-sum-diskio-in',
+          field: 'sum-diskio-in',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.cumulative_sum,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'deriv-csum-sum-diskio-in',
+          unit: '1s',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.derivative,
+          field: 'csum-sum-diskio-in',
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'posonly-deriv-csum-sum-diskio-in',
+          field: 'deriv-csum-sum-diskio-in',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.positive_only,
         },
         {
-          id: 'inverted-by-second-max-diskio-in',
+          id: 'inverted-posonly-deriv-csum-sum-diskio-in',
           type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.calculation,
-          variables: [{ id: 'var-max', name: 'max', field: 'max-diskio-in' }],
-          script: 'params.max / -300', // TODO: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/42687
+          variables: [{ id: 'var-rate', name: 'rate', field: 'posonly-deriv-csum-sum-diskio-in' }],
+          script: 'params.rate * -1',
         },
       ],
       split_mode: 'everything',
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_diskio_ops.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_diskio_ops.ts
index 50394488f5343..3df6124d22a7f 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_diskio_ops.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_diskio_ops.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
 } from '../../adapter_types';
 import { InfraMetric } from '../../../../../graphql/types';
 
+// see discussion in: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/42687
+
 export const awsDiskioOps: InfraMetricModelCreator = (
   timeField,
   indexPattern,
@@ -30,8 +32,24 @@ export const awsDiskioOps: InfraMetricModelCreator = (
       metrics: [
         {
           field: 'aws.ec2.diskio.write.count',
-          id: 'max-diskio-writes',
-          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.max,
+          id: 'sum-diskio-writes',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.sum,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'csum-sum-diskio-writes',
+          field: 'sum-diskio-writes',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.cumulative_sum,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'deriv-csum-sum-diskio-writes',
+          unit: '1s',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.derivative,
+          field: 'csum-sum-diskio-writes',
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'posonly-deriv-csum-sum-diskio-writes',
+          field: 'deriv-csum-sum-diskio-writes',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.positive_only,
         },
       ],
       split_mode: 'everything',
@@ -41,14 +59,32 @@ export const awsDiskioOps: InfraMetricModelCreator = (
       metrics: [
         {
           field: 'aws.ec2.diskio.read.count',
-          id: 'max-diskio-reads',
-          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.max,
+          id: 'sum-diskio-reads',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.sum,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'csum-sum-diskio-reads',
+          field: 'sum-diskio-reads',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.cumulative_sum,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'deriv-csum-sum-diskio-reads',
+          unit: '1s',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.derivative,
+          field: 'csum-sum-diskio-reads',
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'posonly-deriv-csum-sum-diskio-reads',
+          field: 'deriv-csum-sum-diskio-reads',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.positive_only,
         },
         {
-          id: 'inverted-avg-diskio-reads',
+          id: 'inverted-posonly-deriv-csum-sum-diskio-reads',
           type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.calculation,
-          variables: [{ id: 'var-max', name: 'max', field: 'max-diskio-reads' }],
-          script: 'params.max * -1',
+          variables: [
+            { id: 'var-rate', name: 'rate', field: 'posonly-deriv-csum-sum-diskio-reads' },
+          ],
+          script: 'params.rate * -1',
         },
       ],
       split_mode: 'everything',
diff --git a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_network_bytes.ts b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_network_bytes.ts
index 0b62b4d5f29b5..3c9842c4ada8f 100644
--- a/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_network_bytes.ts
+++ b/x-pack/legacy/plugins/infra/server/lib/adapters/metrics/models/aws/aws_network_bytes.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ import {
 } from '../../adapter_types';
 import { InfraMetric } from '../../../../../graphql/types';
 
+// see discussion in: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/42687
+
 export const awsNetworkBytes: InfraMetricModelCreator = (
   timeField,
   indexPattern,
@@ -30,14 +32,24 @@ export const awsNetworkBytes: InfraMetricModelCreator = (
       metrics: [
         {
           field: 'aws.ec2.network.out.bytes',
-          id: 'max-net-out',
-          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.max,
+          id: 'sum-net-out',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.sum,
         },
         {
-          id: 'by-second-max-net-out',
-          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.calculation,
-          variables: [{ id: 'var-max', name: 'max', field: 'max-net-out' }],
-          script: 'params.max / 300', // TODO: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/42687
+          id: 'csum-sum-net-out',
+          field: 'sum-net-out',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.cumulative_sum,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'deriv-csum-sum-net-out',
+          unit: '1s',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.derivative,
+          field: 'csum-sum-net-out',
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'posonly-deriv-csum-sum-net-out',
+          field: 'deriv-csum-sum-net-out',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.positive_only,
         },
       ],
       split_mode: 'everything',
@@ -47,14 +59,30 @@ export const awsNetworkBytes: InfraMetricModelCreator = (
       metrics: [
         {
           field: 'aws.ec2.network.in.bytes',
-          id: 'max-net-in',
-          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.max,
+          id: 'sum-net-in',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.sum,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'csum-sum-net-in',
+          field: 'sum-net-in',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.cumulative_sum,
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'deriv-csum-sum-net-in',
+          unit: '1s',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.derivative,
+          field: 'csum-sum-net-in',
+        },
+        {
+          id: 'posonly-deriv-csum-sum-net-in',
+          field: 'deriv-csum-sum-net-in',
+          type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.positive_only,
         },
         {
-          id: 'inverted-by-second-max-net-in',
+          id: 'inverted-posonly-deriv-csum-sum-net-in',
           type: InfraMetricModelMetricType.calculation,
-          variables: [{ id: 'var-max', name: 'max', field: 'max-net-in' }],
-          script: 'params.max / -300', // TODO: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/42687
+          variables: [{ id: 'var-rate', name: 'rate', field: 'posonly-deriv-csum-sum-net-in' }],
+          script: 'params.rate * -1',
         },
       ],
       split_mode: 'everything',