diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/Kafka.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/Kafka.scala
index 8e2537d..fe2e627 100644
--- core/src/main/scala/kafka/Kafka.scala
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/Kafka.scala
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 package kafka
 
+
+import metrics.{KafkaMetricsReporterMBean, KafkaMetricsReporter, KafkaMetricsConfig}
 import server.{KafkaConfig, KafkaServerStartable, KafkaServer}
 import utils.{Utils, Logging}
 import org.apache.log4j.jmx.LoggerDynamicMBean
@@ -36,6 +38,13 @@ object Kafka extends Logging {
     try {
       val props = Utils.loadProps(args(0))
       val serverConfig = new KafkaConfig(props)
+      val metricsConfig = new KafkaMetricsConfig(props)
+      metricsConfig.reporters.foreach(reporterType => {
+        val reporter = Utils.getObject[KafkaMetricsReporter](reporterType)
+        reporter.init(props)
+        if (reporter.isInstanceOf[KafkaMetricsReporterMBean])
+          Utils.registerMBean(reporter, reporter.asInstanceOf[KafkaMetricsReporterMBean].getMBeanName)
+      })
 
       val kafkaServerStartble = new KafkaServerStartable(serverConfig)
 
diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/api/FetchResponse.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/api/FetchResponse.scala
index c475ed7..1d581d4 100644
--- core/src/main/scala/kafka/api/FetchResponse.scala
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/api/FetchResponse.scala
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class PartitionDataSend(val partitionData: PartitionData) extends Send {
   }
 }
 
-
 object TopicData {
   def readFrom(buffer: ByteBuffer): TopicData = {
     val topic = Utils.readShortString(buffer, "UTF-8")
diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaCSVMetricsReporter.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaCSVMetricsReporter.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c6420c
--- /dev/null
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaCSVMetricsReporter.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/**
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 kafka.metrics
+
+import java.util.Properties
+import com.yammer.metrics.Metrics
+import java.io.File
+import com.yammer.metrics.reporting.CsvReporter
+import kafka.utils.{nonthreadsafe, Logging, Utils}
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean
+
+private trait KafkaCSVMetricsReporterMBean extends KafkaMetricsReporterMBean
+
+private class KafkaCSVMetricsReporter extends KafkaMetricsReporter
+                              with KafkaCSVMetricsReporterMBean
+                              with Logging {
+
+  private var csvDir: File = null
+  private var underlying: CsvReporter = null
+  private var running = false
+  private val initialized = new AtomicBoolean(false)
+
+
+  @nonthreadsafe
+  override def init(props: Properties) {
+    val metricsConfig = new KafkaMetricsConfig(props)
+    csvDir = new File(Utils.getString(props, "kafka.csv.metrics.dir", "kafka_metrics"))
+    if (!csvDir.exists())
+      csvDir.mkdirs()
+    underlying = new CsvReporter(Metrics.defaultRegistry(), csvDir)
+    if (Utils.getBoolean(props, "kafka.csv.metrics.reporter.enabled", false))
+      startReporter(metricsConfig.pollingIntervalSecs)
+    initialized.set(true)
+  }
+
+
+  override def getMBeanName = "kafka:type=kafka.metrics.KafkaCSVMetricsReporter"
+
+
+  override def startReporter(pollingPeriodSecs: Long) {
+    if (initialized.get()) synchronized {
+      if (running == false) {
+        underlying.start(pollingPeriodSecs, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+        info("Started Kafka CSV metrics reporter with polling period %d seconds".format(pollingPeriodSecs))
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  override def stopReporter() {
+    if (initialized.get()) synchronized {
+      if (running == true) {
+        underlying.shutdown()
+        info("Stopped Kafka CSV metrics reporter")
+        underlying = new CsvReporter(Metrics.defaultRegistry(), csvDir)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaMetricsConfig.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaMetricsConfig.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..771160c
--- /dev/null
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaMetricsConfig.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/**
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 kafka.metrics
+
+import java.util.Properties
+import kafka.utils.Utils
+
+class KafkaMetricsConfig(props: Properties) {
+
+  /**
+   * Comma-separated list of reporter types. These classes should be on the
+   * classpath and will be instantiated at run-time.
+   */
+  val reporters = Utils.getCSVList(Utils.getString(props, "kafka.metrics.reporters", ""))
+
+  /**
+   * The metrics polling interval (in seconds).
+   */
+  val pollingIntervalSecs = Utils.getInt(props, "kafka.metrics.polling.interval.secs", 10)
+}
diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaMetricsGroup.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaMetricsGroup.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2de04cb
--- /dev/null
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaMetricsGroup.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 kafka.metrics
+
+
+import com.yammer.metrics.core.{Gauge, MetricName}
+import kafka.utils.Logging
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import com.yammer.metrics.Metrics
+
+
+trait KafkaMetricsGroup extends Logging {
+
+  /**
+   * This method enables the user to form logical sub-groups of this
+   * KafkaMetricsGroup by inserting a sub-group identifier in the package
+   * string.
+   *
+   * @return The sub-group identifier.
+   */
+  def metricsGroupIdent: String
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new MetricName object for gauges, meters, etc. created for this
+   * metrics group. It uses the metricsGroupIdent to create logical sub-groups.
+   * This is currently specifically of use to classes under kafka, with
+   * broker-id being the most common metrics grouping strategy.
+   *
+   * @param name Descriptive name of the metric.
+   * @return Sanitized metric name object.
+   */
+  private def metricName(name: String) = {
+    val ident = metricsGroupIdent
+    val klass = this.getClass
+    val pkg = {
+      val actualPkg = if (klass.getPackage == null) "" else klass.getPackage.getName
+      if (ident.nonEmpty) {
+        // insert the sub-group identifier after the top-level package
+        if (actualPkg.contains("."))
+          actualPkg.replaceFirst("""\.""", ".%s.".format(ident))
+        else
+          actualPkg + "." + ident
+      }
+      else
+        actualPkg
+    }
+    val simpleName = klass.getSimpleName.replaceAll("\\$$", "")
+    new MetricName(pkg, simpleName, name)
+  }
+
+  def newGauge[T](name: String, metric: Gauge[T]) =
+    Metrics.newGauge(metricName(name), metric)
+
+  def newMeter(name: String, eventType: String, timeUnit: TimeUnit) =
+    Metrics.newMeter(metricName(name), eventType, timeUnit)
+
+  def newHistogram(name: String, biased: Boolean = false) = Metrics.newHistogram(metricName(name), biased)
+
+  def newTimer(name: String, durationUnit: TimeUnit, rateUnit: TimeUnit) =
+    Metrics.newTimer(metricName(name), durationUnit, rateUnit)
+
+}
diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaMetricsReporter.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaMetricsReporter.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2ad920
--- /dev/null
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaMetricsReporter.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ *
+ *
+ *
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 kafka.metrics
+
+import java.util.Properties
+
+/**
+ * Base trait for reporter MBeans. If a client wants to expose these JMX
+ * operations on a custom reporter (that implements
+ * [[kafka.metrics.KafkaMetricsReporter]]), the custom reporter needs to
+ * additionally implement an MBean trait that extends this trait so that the
+ * registered MBean is compliant with the standard MBean convention.
+ */
+trait KafkaMetricsReporterMBean {
+  def startReporter(pollingPeriodInSeconds: Long)
+  def stopReporter()
+
+  /**
+   *
+   * @return The name with which the MBean will be registered.
+   */
+  def getMBeanName: String
+}
+
+
+trait KafkaMetricsReporter {
+  def init(props: Properties)
+}
+
diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaTimer.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaTimer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f89a14f
--- /dev/null
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/metrics/KafkaTimer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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 kafka.metrics
+
+import com.yammer.metrics.core.Timer
+
+/**
+ * A wrapper around metrics timer object that provides a convenient mechanism
+ * to time code blocks. This pattern was borrowed from the metrics-scala_2.9.1
+ * package.
+ * @param metric The underlying timer object.
+ */
+class KafkaTimer(metric: Timer) {
+
+  def time[A](f: => A): A = {
+    val ctx = metric.time
+    try {
+      f
+    }
+    finally {
+      ctx.stop()
+    }
+  }
+}
+
diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaApis.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaApis.scala
index 0c86260..1188d4b 100644
--- core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaApis.scala
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaApis.scala
@@ -18,21 +18,23 @@
 package kafka.server
 
 import java.io.IOException
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic._
 import kafka.admin.{CreateTopicCommand, AdminUtils}
 import kafka.api._
 import kafka.common._
 import kafka.log._
 import kafka.message._
 import kafka.network._
+import kafka.utils.{ZkUtils, Pool, SystemTime, Logging}
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger
 import scala.collection._
 import mutable.HashMap
 import scala.math._
 import kafka.network.RequestChannel.Response
-import kafka.utils.{ZkUtils, SystemTime, Logging}
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import kafka.metrics.KafkaMetricsGroup
 import kafka.cluster.Replica
 
+
 /**
  * Logic to handle the various Kafka requests
  */
@@ -44,10 +46,13 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
                 becomeFollower: (Replica, LeaderAndISR) => Short,
                 brokerId: Int) extends Logging {
 
-  private val produceRequestPurgatory = new ProducerRequestPurgatory(brokerId)
-  private val fetchRequestPurgatory = new FetchRequestPurgatory(brokerId, requestChannel)
+  private val metricsGroup = brokerId.toString
+  private val producerRequestPurgatory = new ProducerRequestPurgatory
+  private val fetchRequestPurgatory = new FetchRequestPurgatory(requestChannel)
+  private val delayedRequestMetrics = new DelayedRequestMetrics
+
   private val requestLogger = Logger.getLogger("kafka.request.logger")
-  this.logIdent = "KafkaApi on Broker " + brokerId + ", "
+  this.logIdent = "KafkaApis-%d ".format(brokerId)
 
   /**
    * Top-level method that handles all requests and multiplexes to the right api
@@ -69,7 +74,9 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
   def handleLeaderAndISRRequest(request: RequestChannel.Request){
     val responseMap = new HashMap[(String, Int), Short]
     val leaderAndISRRequest = LeaderAndISRRequest.readFrom(request.request.buffer)
-    info("handling leader and isr request " + leaderAndISRRequest)
+    if(requestLogger.isTraceEnabled)
+      requestLogger.trace("Handling leader and isr request " + leaderAndISRRequest)
+    trace("Handling leader and isr request " + leaderAndISRRequest)
 
     for((partitionInfo, leaderAndISR) <- leaderAndISRRequest.leaderAndISRInfos){
       var errorCode = ErrorMapping.NoError
@@ -78,12 +85,12 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
 
       // If the partition does not exist locally, create it
       if(replicaManager.getPartition(topic, partition) == None){
-        trace("the partition (%s, %d) does not exist locally, check if current broker is in assigned replicas, if so, start the local replica".format(topic, partition))
+        trace("The partition (%s, %d) does not exist locally, check if current broker is in assigned replicas, if so, start the local replica".format(topic, partition))
         val assignedReplicas = ZkUtils.getReplicasForPartition(kafkaZookeeper.getZookeeperClient, topic, partition)
-        trace("assigned replicas list for topic [%s] partition [%d] is [%s]".format(topic, partition, assignedReplicas.toString))
+        trace("Assigned replicas list for topic [%s] partition [%d] is [%s]".format(topic, partition, assignedReplicas.toString))
         if(assignedReplicas.contains(brokerId)) {
           val replica = addReplicaCbk(topic, partition, assignedReplicas.toSet)
-          info("starting replica for topic [%s] partition [%d]".format(replica.topic, replica.partition.partitionId))
+          info("Starting replica for topic [%s] partition [%d]".format(replica.topic, replica.partition.partitionId))
         }
       }
       val replica = replicaManager.getReplica(topic, partition).get
@@ -91,11 +98,11 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
       val requestedLeaderId = leaderAndISR.leader
       // If the broker is requested to be the leader and it's not current the leader (the leader id is set and not equal to broker id)
       if(requestedLeaderId == brokerId && (!replica.partition.leaderId().isDefined || replica.partition.leaderId().get != brokerId)){
-        info("becoming the leader for partition [%s, %d] at the leader and isr request %s".format(topic, partition, leaderAndISRRequest))
+        info("Becoming the leader for partition [%s, %d] at the leader and isr request %s".format(topic, partition, leaderAndISRRequest))
         errorCode = becomeLeader(replica, leaderAndISR)
       }
       else if (requestedLeaderId != brokerId) {
-        info("becoming the follower for partition [%s, %d] at the leader and isr request %s".format(topic, partition, leaderAndISRRequest))
+        info("Becoming the follower for partition [%s, %d] at the leader and isr request %s".format(topic, partition, leaderAndISRRequest))
         errorCode = becomeFollower(replica, leaderAndISR)
       }
 
@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
     if(leaderAndISRRequest.isInit == LeaderAndISRRequest.IsInit){
       replicaManager.startHighWaterMarksCheckPointThread
       val partitionsToRemove = replicaManager.allPartitions.filter(p => !leaderAndISRRequest.leaderAndISRInfos.contains(p._1)).keySet
-      info("init flag is set in leaderAndISR request, partitions to remove: %s".format(partitionsToRemove))
+      info("Init flag is set in leaderAndISR request, partitions to remove: %s".format(partitionsToRemove))
       partitionsToRemove.foreach(p => stopReplicaCbk(p._1, p._2))
     }
 
@@ -116,6 +123,10 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
 
   def handleStopReplicaRequest(request: RequestChannel.Request){
     val stopReplicaRequest = StopReplicaRequest.readFrom(request.request.buffer)
+    if(requestLogger.isTraceEnabled)
+      requestLogger.trace("Handling stop replica request " + stopReplicaRequest)
+    trace("Handling stop replica request " + stopReplicaRequest)
+
     val responseMap = new HashMap[(String, Int), Short]
 
     for((topic, partition) <- stopReplicaRequest.stopReplicaSet){
@@ -133,12 +144,17 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
   def maybeUnblockDelayedFetchRequests(topic: String, partitionDatas: Array[PartitionData]) {
     var satisfied = new mutable.ArrayBuffer[DelayedFetch]
     for(partitionData <- partitionDatas)
-      satisfied ++= fetchRequestPurgatory.update((topic, partitionData.partition), partitionData)
-    trace("produce request to %s unblocked %d DelayedFetchRequests.".format(topic, satisfied.size))
+      satisfied ++= fetchRequestPurgatory.update(RequestKey(topic, partitionData.partition), null)
+    trace("Producer request to %s unblocked %d fetch requests.".format(topic, satisfied.size))
     // send any newly unblocked responses
     for(fetchReq <- satisfied) {
       val topicData = readMessageSets(fetchReq.fetch)
       val response = new FetchResponse(FetchRequest.CurrentVersion, fetchReq.fetch.correlationId, topicData)
+
+      val fromFollower = fetchReq.fetch.replicaId != FetchRequest.NonFollowerId
+      delayedRequestMetrics.recordDelayedFetchSatisfied(
+        fromFollower, SystemTime.nanoseconds - fetchReq.creationTimeNs, response)
+
       requestChannel.sendResponse(new RequestChannel.Response(fetchReq.request, new FetchResponseSend(response)))
     }
   }
@@ -150,43 +166,45 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
     val produceRequest = ProducerRequest.readFrom(request.request.buffer)
     val sTime = SystemTime.milliseconds
     if(requestLogger.isTraceEnabled)
-      requestLogger.trace("producer request %s".format(produceRequest.toString))
-    trace("Broker %s received produce request %s".format(brokerId, produceRequest.toString))
+      requestLogger.trace("Handling producer request " + request.toString)
+    trace("Handling producer request " + request.toString)
 
     val response = produceToLocalLog(produceRequest)
-    debug("produce to local log in %d ms".format(SystemTime.milliseconds - sTime))
-
+    debug("Produce to local log in %d ms".format(SystemTime.milliseconds - sTime))
+    
+    for (topicData <- produceRequest.data)
+      maybeUnblockDelayedFetchRequests(topicData.topic, topicData.partitionDataArray)
+    
     if (produceRequest.requiredAcks == 0 ||
         produceRequest.requiredAcks == 1 ||
-        produceRequest.data.size <= 0) {
+        produceRequest.data.size <= 0)
       requestChannel.sendResponse(new RequestChannel.Response(request, new BoundedByteBufferSend(response)))
-
-      for (topicData <- produceRequest.data)
-        maybeUnblockDelayedFetchRequests(topicData.topic, topicData.partitionDataArray)
-    }
     else {
       // create a list of (topic, partition) pairs to use as keys for this delayed request
-      val topicPartitionPairs = produceRequest.data.flatMap(topicData => {
+      val producerRequestKeys = produceRequest.data.flatMap(topicData => {
         val topic = topicData.topic
         topicData.partitionDataArray.map(partitionData => {
-          (topic, partitionData.partition)
+          RequestKey(topic, partitionData.partition)
         })
       })
+
       val delayedProduce = new DelayedProduce(
-        topicPartitionPairs, request,
+        producerRequestKeys, request,
         response.errors, response.offsets,
         produceRequest, produceRequest.ackTimeoutMs.toLong)
-      produceRequestPurgatory.watch(delayedProduce)
+      producerRequestPurgatory.watch(delayedProduce)
+
       /*
        * Replica fetch requests may have arrived (and potentially satisfied)
-       * delayedProduce requests before they even made it to the purgatory.
+       * delayedProduce requests while they were being added to the purgatory.
        * Here, we explicitly check if any of them can be satisfied.
        */
       var satisfiedProduceRequests = new mutable.ArrayBuffer[DelayedProduce]
-      topicPartitionPairs.foreach(topicPartition =>
-                                    satisfiedProduceRequests ++=
-                                            produceRequestPurgatory.update(topicPartition, topicPartition))
-      debug("%d DelayedProduce requests unblocked after produce to local log.".format(satisfiedProduceRequests.size))
+      producerRequestKeys.foreach(key =>
+        satisfiedProduceRequests ++=
+          producerRequestPurgatory.update(key, key))
+      debug(satisfiedProduceRequests.size +
+        " producer requests unblocked during produce to local log.")
       satisfiedProduceRequests.foreach(_.respond())
     }
   }
@@ -195,10 +213,11 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
    * Helper method for handling a parsed producer request
    */
   private def produceToLocalLog(request: ProducerRequest): ProducerResponse = {
-    trace("produce [%s] to local log ".format(request.toString))
+    trace("Produce [%s] to local log ".format(request.toString))
     val requestSize = request.topicPartitionCount
     val errors = new Array[Short](requestSize)
     val offsets = new Array[Long](requestSize)
+
     var msgIndex = -1
     for(topicData <- request.data) {
       for(partitionData <- topicData.partitionDataArray) {
@@ -212,12 +231,13 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
           replicaManager.recordLeaderLogEndOffset(topicData.topic, partitionData.partition, log.logEndOffset)
           offsets(msgIndex) = log.logEndOffset
           errors(msgIndex) = ErrorMapping.NoError.toShort
-          trace(partitionData.messages.sizeInBytes + " bytes written to logs.")
+          trace("%d bytes written to logs, nextAppendOffset = %d"
+            .format(partitionData.messages.sizeInBytes, offsets(msgIndex)))
         } catch {
           case e =>
             BrokerTopicStat.getBrokerTopicStat(topicData.topic).recordFailedProduceRequest
             BrokerTopicStat.getBrokerAllTopicStat.recordFailedProduceRequest
-            error("error processing ProducerRequest on " + topicData.topic + ":" + partitionData.partition, e)
+            error("Error processing ProducerRequest on %s:%d".format(topicData.topic, partitionData.partition), e)
             e match {
               case _: IOException =>
                 fatal("Halting due to unrecoverable I/O error while handling producer request: " + e.getMessage, e)
@@ -229,8 +249,7 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
         }
       }
     }
-    val ret = new ProducerResponse(request.versionId, request.correlationId, errors, offsets)
-    ret
+    new ProducerResponse(request.versionId, request.correlationId, errors, offsets)
   }
 
   /**
@@ -238,7 +257,10 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
    */
   def handleFetchRequest(request: RequestChannel.Request) {
     val fetchRequest = FetchRequest.readFrom(request.request.buffer)
-    trace("handling fetch request: " + fetchRequest.toString)
+    if(requestLogger.isTraceEnabled)
+      requestLogger.trace("Handling fetch request " + fetchRequest.toString)
+    trace("Handling fetch request " + fetchRequest.toString)
+
     // validate the request
     try {
       fetchRequest.validate()
@@ -255,12 +277,12 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
       var satisfiedProduceRequests = new mutable.ArrayBuffer[DelayedProduce]
       fetchRequest.offsetInfo.foreach(topicOffsetInfo => {
         topicOffsetInfo.partitions.foreach(partition => {
-          satisfiedProduceRequests ++= produceRequestPurgatory.update(
-            (topicOffsetInfo.topic, partition), (topicOffsetInfo.topic, partition)
-          )
+          val key = RequestKey(topicOffsetInfo.topic, partition)
+          satisfiedProduceRequests ++= producerRequestPurgatory.update(key, key)
         })
       })
-      debug("replica %d fetch unblocked %d DelayedProduce requests.".format(fetchRequest.replicaId, satisfiedProduceRequests.size))
+      debug("Replica %d fetch unblocked %d producer requests."
+        .format(fetchRequest.replicaId, satisfiedProduceRequests.size))
       satisfiedProduceRequests.foreach(_.respond())
     }
 
@@ -270,14 +292,15 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
        availableBytes >= fetchRequest.minBytes ||
        fetchRequest.numPartitions <= 0) {
       val topicData = readMessageSets(fetchRequest)
-      debug("returning fetch response %s for fetch request with correlation id %d".format(topicData.map(_.partitionDataArray.map(_.error).mkString(",")).mkString(","), fetchRequest.correlationId))
+      debug("Returning fetch response %s for fetch request with correlation id %d".format(
+        topicData.map(_.partitionDataArray.map(_.error).mkString(",")).mkString(","), fetchRequest.correlationId))
       val response = new FetchResponse(FetchRequest.CurrentVersion, fetchRequest.correlationId, topicData)
       requestChannel.sendResponse(new RequestChannel.Response(request, new FetchResponseSend(response)))
     } else {
-      debug("putting fetch request into purgatory")
+      debug("Putting fetch request into purgatory")
       // create a list of (topic, partition) pairs to use as keys for this delayed request
-      val topicPartitionPairs: Seq[Any] = fetchRequest.offsetInfo.flatMap(o => o.partitions.map((o.topic, _)))
-      val delayedFetch = new DelayedFetch(topicPartitionPairs, request, fetchRequest, fetchRequest.maxWait, availableBytes)
+      val delayedFetchKeys = fetchRequest.offsetInfo.flatMap(o => o.partitions.map(RequestKey(o.topic, _)))
+      val delayedFetch = new DelayedFetch(delayedFetchKeys, request, fetchRequest, fetchRequest.maxWait)
       fetchRequestPurgatory.watch(delayedFetch)
     }
   }
@@ -298,16 +321,18 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
           totalBytes += math.min(offsetDetail.fetchSizes(i), available)
         } catch {
           case e: InvalidPartitionException =>
-            info("invalid partition " + offsetDetail.partitions(i) + "in fetch request from client '" + fetchRequest.clientId + "'")
+            info("Invalid partition %d in fetch request from client %d."
+              .format(offsetDetail.partitions(i), fetchRequest.clientId))
         }
       }
     }
+    trace(totalBytes + " available bytes for fetch request.")
     totalBytes
   }
 
   private def maybeUpdatePartitionHW(fetchRequest: FetchRequest) {
     val offsets = fetchRequest.offsetInfo
-    debug("act on update partition HW, check offset detail: %s ".format(offsets))
+    debug("Act on update partition HW, check offset detail: %s ".format(offsets))
     for(offsetDetail <- offsets) {
       val topic = offsetDetail.topic
       val (partitions, offsets) = (offsetDetail.partitions, offsetDetail.offsets)
@@ -343,17 +368,20 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
             BrokerTopicStat.getBrokerTopicStat(topic).recordBytesOut(messages.sizeInBytes)
             BrokerTopicStat.getBrokerAllTopicStat.recordBytesOut(messages.sizeInBytes)
             val leaderReplicaOpt = replicaManager.getReplica(topic, partition, brokerId)
-            assert(leaderReplicaOpt.isDefined, "Leader replica for topic %s partition %d".format(topic, partition) + " must exist on leader broker %d".format(brokerId))
+            assert(leaderReplicaOpt.isDefined, "Leader replica for topic %s partition %d must exist on leader broker %d".format(topic, partition, brokerId))
             val leaderReplica = leaderReplicaOpt.get
             fetchRequest.replicaId match {
-              case FetchRequest.NonFollowerId => // replica id value of -1 signifies a fetch request from an external client, not from one of the replicas
+              case FetchRequest.NonFollowerId =>
+               // replica id value of -1 signifies a fetch request from an external client, not from one of the replicas
                 new PartitionData(partition, ErrorMapping.NoError, offset, leaderReplica.highWatermark(), messages)
               case _ => // fetch request from a follower
                 val replicaOpt = replicaManager.getReplica(topic, partition, fetchRequest.replicaId)
                 assert(replicaOpt.isDefined, "No replica %d in replica manager on %d".format(fetchRequest.replicaId, brokerId))
                 val replica = replicaOpt.get
-                debug("leader [%d] for topic [%s] partition [%d] received fetch request from follower [%d]".format(brokerId, replica.topic, replica.partition.partitionId, fetchRequest.replicaId))
-                debug("Leader %d returning %d messages for topic %s partition %d to follower %d".format(brokerId, messages.sizeInBytes, replica.topic, replica.partition.partitionId, fetchRequest.replicaId))
+                debug("Leader for topic [%s] partition [%d] received fetch request from follower [%d]"
+                  .format(replica.topic, replica.partition.partitionId, fetchRequest.replicaId))
+                debug("Leader returning %d messages for topic %s partition %d to follower %d"
+                  .format(messages.sizeInBytes, replica.topic, replica.partition.partitionId, fetchRequest.replicaId))
                 new PartitionData(partition, ErrorMapping.NoError, offset, leaderReplica.highWatermark(), messages)
             }
         }
@@ -372,7 +400,7 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
     try {
       // check if the current broker is the leader for the partitions
       kafkaZookeeper.ensurePartitionLeaderOnThisBroker(topic, partition)
-      trace("fetching log segment for topic, partition, offset, size = " + (topic, partition, offset, maxSize))
+      trace("Fetching log segment for topic, partition, offset, size = " + (topic, partition, offset, maxSize))
       val log = logManager.getLog(topic, partition)
       response = Right(log match { case Some(l) => l.read(offset, maxSize) case None => MessageSet.Empty })
     } catch {
@@ -389,7 +417,9 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
   def handleOffsetRequest(request: RequestChannel.Request) {
     val offsetRequest = OffsetRequest.readFrom(request.request.buffer)
     if(requestLogger.isTraceEnabled)
-      requestLogger.trace("offset request " + offsetRequest.toString)
+      requestLogger.trace("Handling offset request " + offsetRequest.toString)
+    trace("Handling offset request " + offsetRequest.toString)
+
     var response: OffsetResponse = null
     try {
       kafkaZookeeper.ensurePartitionLeaderOnThisBroker(offsetRequest.topic, offsetRequest.partition)
@@ -412,11 +442,14 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
   def handleTopicMetadataRequest(request: RequestChannel.Request) {
     val metadataRequest = TopicMetadataRequest.readFrom(request.request.buffer)
     if(requestLogger.isTraceEnabled)
-      requestLogger.trace("topic metadata request " + metadataRequest.toString())
+      requestLogger.trace("Handling topic metadata request " + metadataRequest.toString())
+    trace("Handling topic metadata request " + metadataRequest.toString())
+
     val topicsMetadata = new mutable.ArrayBuffer[TopicMetadata]()
     val zkClient = kafkaZookeeper.getZookeeperClient
     var errorCode = ErrorMapping.NoError
     val config = logManager.config
+
     try {
       val topicMetadataList = AdminUtils.getTopicMetaDataFromZK(metadataRequest.topics, zkClient)
       metadataRequest.topics.zip(topicMetadataList).foreach(
@@ -452,33 +485,43 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
   }
 
   def close() {
-    debug("shut down")
+    debug("Shutting down.")
     fetchRequestPurgatory.shutdown()
-    produceRequestPurgatory.shutdown()
-    debug("shutted down completely")
+    producerRequestPurgatory.shutdown()
+    debug("Shut down complete.")
   }
 
+  private [kafka] trait MetricKey {
+    def keyLabel: String
+  }
+  private [kafka] object MetricKey {
+    val globalLabel = "all"
+  }
+
+  private [kafka] case class RequestKey(topic: String, partition: Int)
+          extends MetricKey {
+    override def keyLabel = "%s-%d".format(topic, partition)
+  }
   /**
    * A delayed fetch request
    */
-  class DelayedFetch(keys: Seq[Any], request: RequestChannel.Request, val fetch: FetchRequest, delayMs: Long, initialSize: Long) extends DelayedRequest(keys, request, delayMs) {
-    val bytesAccumulated = new AtomicLong(initialSize)
-  }
+  class DelayedFetch(keys: Seq[RequestKey], request: RequestChannel.Request, val fetch: FetchRequest, delayMs: Long)
+    extends DelayedRequest(keys, request, delayMs)
 
   /**
    * A holding pen for fetch requests waiting to be satisfied
    */
-  class FetchRequestPurgatory(brokerId: Int, requestChannel: RequestChannel) extends RequestPurgatory[DelayedFetch, PartitionData]("Fetch Request Purgatory on Broker " + brokerId + ", ") {
+  class FetchRequestPurgatory(requestChannel: RequestChannel) extends RequestPurgatory[DelayedFetch, Null](brokerId) {
+
+    this.logIdent = "FetchRequestPurgatory-%d ".format(brokerId)
+
+    override def metricsGroupIdent = metricsGroup
 
     /**
      * A fetch request is satisfied when it has accumulated enough data to meet the min_bytes field
      */
-    def checkSatisfied(partitionData: PartitionData, delayedFetch: DelayedFetch): Boolean = {
-      val messageDataSize = partitionData.messages.sizeInBytes
-      val accumulatedSize = delayedFetch.bytesAccumulated.addAndGet(messageDataSize)
-      debug("fetch request check, accm size: " + accumulatedSize + " delay fetch min bytes: " + delayedFetch.fetch.minBytes)
-      accumulatedSize >= delayedFetch.fetch.minBytes
-    }
+    def checkSatisfied(n: Null, delayedFetch: DelayedFetch): Boolean =
+      availableFetchBytes(delayedFetch.fetch) >= delayedFetch.fetch.minBytes
 
     /**
      * When a request expires just answer it with whatever data is present
@@ -486,11 +529,13 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
     def expire(delayed: DelayedFetch) {
       val topicData = readMessageSets(delayed.fetch)
       val response = new FetchResponse(FetchRequest.CurrentVersion, delayed.fetch.correlationId, topicData)
+      val fromFollower = delayed.fetch.replicaId != FetchRequest.NonFollowerId
+      delayedRequestMetrics.recordDelayedFetchExpired(fromFollower, response)
       requestChannel.sendResponse(new RequestChannel.Response(delayed.request, new FetchResponseSend(response)))
     }
   }
 
-  class DelayedProduce(keys: Seq[Any],
+  class DelayedProduce(keys: Seq[RequestKey],
                        request: RequestChannel.Request,
                        localErrors: Array[Short],
                        requiredOffsets: Array[Long],
@@ -504,7 +549,7 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
      * values are effectively synchronized by the ProducerRequestPurgatory's
      * update method
      */
-    private val partitionStatus = keys.map(key => {
+    private [kafka] val partitionStatus = keys.map(key => {
       val keyIndex = keys.indexOf(key)
       // if there was an error in writing to the local replica's log, then don't
       // wait for acks on this partition
@@ -525,13 +570,13 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
 
     def respond() {
       val errorsAndOffsets: (List[Short], List[Long]) = (
-              keys.foldRight
-                      ((List[Short](), List[Long]()))
-                      ((key: Any, result: (List[Short], List[Long])) => {
-                        val status = partitionStatus(key)
-                        (status.error :: result._1, status.requiredOffset :: result._2)
-                      })
-              )
+        keys.foldRight
+          ((List[Short](), List[Long]()))
+          ((key: RequestKey, result: (List[Short], List[Long])) => {
+            val status = partitionStatus(key)
+            (status.error :: result._1, status.requiredOffset :: result._2)
+          })
+        )
       val response = new ProducerResponse(produce.versionId, produce.correlationId,
                                           errorsAndOffsets._1.toArray, errorsAndOffsets._2.toArray)
 
@@ -550,9 +595,14 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
      * As partitions become acknowledged, we may be able to unblock
      * DelayedFetchRequests that are pending on those partitions.
      */
-    def isSatisfied(followerFetchPartition: (String, Int)) = {
-      val (topic, partitionId) = followerFetchPartition
-      val fetchPartitionStatus = partitionStatus(followerFetchPartition)
+    def isSatisfied(followerFetchRequestKey: RequestKey) = {
+      val topic = followerFetchRequestKey.topic
+      val partitionId = followerFetchRequestKey.partition
+      val key = RequestKey(topic, partitionId)
+      val fetchPartitionStatus = partitionStatus(key)
+      val durationNs = SystemTime.nanoseconds - creationTimeNs
+      trace("Checking producer request satisfaction for %s-%d, acksPending = %b"
+        .format(topic, partitionId, fetchPartitionStatus.acksPending))
       if (fetchPartitionStatus.acksPending) {
         val leaderReplica = replicaManager.getLeaderReplica(topic, partitionId)
         leaderReplica match {
@@ -560,14 +610,16 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
             if (leader.isLocal) {
               val isr = leader.partition.inSyncReplicas
               val numAcks = isr.count(r => {
-                if (!r.isLocal)
-                  r.logEndOffset() >= partitionStatus(followerFetchPartition).requiredOffset
+                if (!r.isLocal) {
+                  r.logEndOffset() >= partitionStatus(key).requiredOffset
+                }
                 else
                   true /* also count the local (leader) replica */
               })
-              trace("Received %d/%d acks for produce request to %s-%d".format(
+
+              trace("Received %d/%d acks for producer request to %s-%d; isr size = %d".format(
                 numAcks, produce.requiredAcks,
-                topic, partitionId))
+                topic, partitionId, isr.size))
               if ((produce.requiredAcks < 0 && numAcks >= isr.size) ||
                       (produce.requiredAcks > 0 && numAcks >= produce.requiredAcks)) {
                 /*
@@ -575,12 +627,16 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
                  * are fully caught up to the (local) leader's offset
                  * corresponding to this produce request.
                  */
+
                 fetchPartitionStatus.acksPending = false
                 fetchPartitionStatus.error = ErrorMapping.NoError
                 val topicData =
                   produce.data.find(_.topic == topic).get
                 val partitionData =
                   topicData.partitionDataArray.find(_.partition == partitionId).get
+                delayedRequestMetrics.recordDelayedProducerKeyCaughtUp(key,
+                                                                       durationNs,
+                                                                       partitionData.sizeInBytes)
                 maybeUnblockDelayedFetchRequests(
                   topic, Array(partitionData))
               }
@@ -597,7 +653,10 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
       }
 
       // unblocked if there are no partitions with pending acks
-      ! partitionStatus.exists(p => p._2.acksPending)
+      val satisfied = ! partitionStatus.exists(p => p._2.acksPending)
+      if (satisfied)
+        delayedRequestMetrics.recordDelayedProduceSatisfied(durationNs)
+      satisfied
     }
 
     class PartitionStatus(var acksPending: Boolean,
@@ -618,18 +677,156 @@ class KafkaApis(val requestChannel: RequestChannel, val logManager: LogManager,
   /**
    * A holding pen for produce requests waiting to be satisfied.
    */
-  private [kafka] class ProducerRequestPurgatory(brokerId: Int) extends RequestPurgatory[DelayedProduce, (String, Int)]("Producer Request Purgatory on Broker " + brokerId + ", ") {
+  private [kafka] class ProducerRequestPurgatory extends RequestPurgatory[DelayedProduce, RequestKey](brokerId) {
 
-    protected def checkSatisfied(fetchRequestPartition: (String, Int),
+
+    this.logIdent = "ProducerRequestPurgatory-%d ".format(brokerId)
+
+    override def metricsGroupIdent = metricsGroup
+
+    protected def checkSatisfied(followerFetchRequestKey: RequestKey,
                                  delayedProduce: DelayedProduce) =
-      delayedProduce.isSatisfied(fetchRequestPartition)
+      delayedProduce.isSatisfied(followerFetchRequestKey)
 
     /**
      * Handle an expired delayed request
      */
     protected def expire(delayedProduce: DelayedProduce) {
+      for (partitionStatus <- delayedProduce.partitionStatus if partitionStatus._2.acksPending)
+        delayedRequestMetrics.recordDelayedProducerKeyExpired(partitionStatus._1)
+
       delayedProduce.respond()
     }
   }
+
+  private class DelayedRequestMetrics {
+
+
+    private class DelayedProducerRequestMetrics(keyLabel: String = MetricKey.globalLabel) extends KafkaMetricsGroup {
+      override def metricsGroupIdent = metricsGroup
+      val caughtUpFollowerFetchRequestMeter =
+        newMeter("CaughtUpFollowerFetchRequestsPerSecond-" + keyLabel, "requests", TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+      val followerCatchUpTimeHistogram = if (keyLabel == MetricKey.globalLabel)
+        Some(newHistogram("FollowerCatchUpTimeInNs", biased = true))
+      else None
+
+      /*
+       * Note that throughput is updated on individual key satisfaction.
+       * Therefore, it is an upper bound on throughput since the
+       * DelayedProducerRequest may get expired.
+       */
+      val throughputMeter = newMeter("Throughput-" + keyLabel, "bytes", TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+      val expiredRequestMeter = newMeter("ExpiredRequestsPerSecond-" + keyLabel, "requests", TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+
+      val satisfiedRequestMeter = if (keyLabel == MetricKey.globalLabel)
+        Some(newMeter("SatisfiedRequestsPerSecond", "requests", TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+      else None
+      val satisfactionTimeHistogram = if (keyLabel == MetricKey.globalLabel)
+        Some(newHistogram("SatisfactionTimeInNs", biased = true))
+      else None
+    }
+
+
+    private class DelayedFetchRequestMetrics(forFollower: Boolean,
+                                             keyLabel: String = MetricKey.globalLabel) extends KafkaMetricsGroup {
+      private val metricPrefix = if (forFollower) "Follower" else "NonFollower"
+
+      override def metricsGroupIdent = metricsGroup
+      val satisfiedRequestMeter = if (keyLabel == MetricKey.globalLabel)
+        Some(newMeter(metricPrefix + "-SatisfiedRequestsPerSecond",
+          "requests", TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+      else None
+
+      val satisfactionTimeHistogram = if (keyLabel == MetricKey.globalLabel)
+        Some(newHistogram(metricPrefix + "-SatisfactionTimeInNs", biased = true))
+      else None
+
+      val expiredRequestMeter = if (keyLabel == MetricKey.globalLabel)
+        Some(newMeter(metricPrefix + "-ExpiredRequestsPerSecond",
+          "requests", TimeUnit.SECONDS))
+      else None
+
+      val throughputMeter = newMeter("%s-Throughput-%s".format(metricPrefix, keyLabel),
+        "bytes", TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+    }
+
+
+    private val producerRequestMetricsForKey =
+      new Pool[MetricKey, DelayedProducerRequestMetrics]
+    private val aggregateProduceRequestMetrics = new DelayedProducerRequestMetrics
+
+    private val aggregateFollowerFetchRequestMetrics = new DelayedFetchRequestMetrics(forFollower = true)
+    private val aggregateNonFollowerFetchRequestMetrics = new DelayedFetchRequestMetrics(forFollower = false)
+
+    private val followerFetchRequestMetricsForKey =
+      new Pool[MetricKey, DelayedFetchRequestMetrics]
+    private val nonFollowerFetchRequestMetricsForKey =
+      new Pool[MetricKey, DelayedFetchRequestMetrics]
+
+
+    def recordDelayedProducerKeyExpired(key: MetricKey) {
+      val keyMetrics = producerRequestMetricsForKey.getAndMaybePut(
+        key, () => new DelayedProducerRequestMetrics(key.keyLabel))
+      List(keyMetrics, aggregateProduceRequestMetrics).foreach(_.expiredRequestMeter.mark())
+    }
+
+
+    def recordDelayedProducerKeyCaughtUp(key: MetricKey, timeToCatchUpNs: Long, bytes: Int) {
+      val keyMetrics = producerRequestMetricsForKey.getAndMaybePut(
+        key, () => new DelayedProducerRequestMetrics(key.keyLabel))
+      List(keyMetrics, aggregateProduceRequestMetrics).foreach(m => {
+        m.caughtUpFollowerFetchRequestMeter.mark()
+        m.followerCatchUpTimeHistogram.foreach(_.update(timeToCatchUpNs))
+        m.throughputMeter.mark(bytes)
+      })
+    }
+
+
+    def recordDelayedProduceSatisfied(timeToSatisfyNs: Long) {
+      aggregateProduceRequestMetrics.satisfiedRequestMeter.foreach(_.mark())
+      aggregateProduceRequestMetrics.satisfactionTimeHistogram.foreach(_.update(timeToSatisfyNs))
+    }
+
+
+    private def recordDelayedFetchThroughput(forFollower: Boolean, response: FetchResponse) {
+      val metrics = if (forFollower) aggregateFollowerFetchRequestMetrics
+        else aggregateNonFollowerFetchRequestMetrics
+      metrics.throughputMeter.mark(response.sizeInBytes)
+
+      response.topicMap.foreach(topicAndData => {
+        val topic = topicAndData._1
+        topicAndData._2.partitionDataArray.foreach(partitionData => {
+          val key = RequestKey(topic, partitionData.partition)
+          val makeNewMetrics = () => new DelayedFetchRequestMetrics(forFollower, key.keyLabel)
+          val keyMetrics = if (forFollower)
+            followerFetchRequestMetricsForKey.getAndMaybePut(key, makeNewMetrics)
+          else
+            nonFollowerFetchRequestMetricsForKey.getAndMaybePut(key, makeNewMetrics)
+          keyMetrics.throughputMeter.mark(partitionData.sizeInBytes)
+        })
+      })
+    }
+
+
+    def recordDelayedFetchExpired(forFollower: Boolean, response: FetchResponse) {
+      val metrics = if (forFollower) aggregateFollowerFetchRequestMetrics
+        else aggregateNonFollowerFetchRequestMetrics
+      
+      metrics.expiredRequestMeter.foreach(_.mark())
+
+      recordDelayedFetchThroughput(forFollower, response)
+    }
+
+
+    def recordDelayedFetchSatisfied(forFollower: Boolean, timeToSatisfyNs: Long, response: FetchResponse) {
+      val aggregateMetrics = if (forFollower) aggregateFollowerFetchRequestMetrics
+        else aggregateNonFollowerFetchRequestMetrics
+
+      aggregateMetrics.satisfactionTimeHistogram.foreach(_.update(timeToSatisfyNs))
+      aggregateMetrics.satisfiedRequestMeter.foreach(_.mark())
+
+      recordDelayedFetchThroughput(forFollower, response)
+    }
+  }
 }
 
diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala
index b39a090..d261a51 100644
--- core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/KafkaConfig.scala
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import kafka.consumer.ConsumerConfig
 import java.net.InetAddress
 
 
+
 /**
  * Configuration settings for the kafka server
  */
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ class KafkaConfig(props: Properties) extends ZKConfig(props) {
   val hostName: String = Utils.getString(props, "hostname", InetAddress.getLocalHost.getHostAddress)
 
   /* the broker id for this server */
-  val brokerId: Int = Utils.getInt(props, "brokerid")
+  val brokerId: Int = Utils.getInt(props, "brokerid", 0)
   
   /* the SO_SNDBUFF buffer of the socket sever sockets */
   val socketSendBuffer: Int = Utils.getInt(props, "socket.send.buffer", 100*1024)
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ class KafkaConfig(props: Properties) extends ZKConfig(props) {
   val replicaMaxWaitTimeMs = Utils.getInt(props, "replica.fetch.wait.time.ms", 500)
 
   /** minimum bytes expected for each fetch response. If not enough bytes, wait up to replicaMaxWaitTimeMs */
-  val replicaMinBytes = Utils.getInt(props, "replica.fetch.min.bytes", 4086)
+  val replicaMinBytes = Utils.getInt(props, "replica.fetch.min.bytes", 4096)
 
   /* number of fetcher threads used to replicate messages from a source broker.
   *  Increasing this value can increase the degree of I/O parallelism in the follower broker. */
diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/RequestPurgatory.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/RequestPurgatory.scala
index 83efe53..49efce5 100644
--- core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/RequestPurgatory.scala
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/server/RequestPurgatory.scala
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * The ASF licenses this file to You 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
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent._
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic._
 import kafka.network._
 import kafka.utils._
+import com.yammer.metrics.core.Gauge
+import kafka.metrics.KafkaMetricsGroup
+
 
 /**
  * A request whose processing needs to be delayed for at most the given delayMs
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ import kafka.utils._
  * for example a key could be a (topic, partition) pair.
  */
 class DelayedRequest(val keys: Seq[Any], val request: RequestChannel.Request, delayMs: Long) extends DelayedItem[RequestChannel.Request](request, delayMs) {
+  val creationTimeNs = SystemTime.nanoseconds
   val satisfied = new AtomicBoolean(false)
 }
 
@@ -58,13 +62,41 @@ class DelayedRequest(val keys: Seq[Any], val request: RequestChannel.Request, de
  * this function handles delayed requests that have hit their time limit without being satisfied.
  *
  */
-abstract class RequestPurgatory[T <: DelayedRequest, R](logPrefix: String) extends  Logging{
-  this.logIdent = logPrefix
+abstract class RequestPurgatory[T <: DelayedRequest, R](brokerId: Int = 0) extends Logging with KafkaMetricsGroup {
+
   /* a list of requests watching each key */
-  private val watchersForKey = new ConcurrentHashMap[Any, Watchers]
+  private val watchersForKey = new Pool[Any, Watchers]
+
+  private val numDelayedRequestsBeanName = "NumDelayedRequests"
+  private val timeToSatisfyHistogramBeanName = "TimeToSatisfyInNs"
+  private val satisfactionRateBeanName = "SatisfactionRate"
+  private val expirationRateBeanName = "ExpirationRate"
+
+  override def metricsGroupIdent = ""
+
+  val satisfactionRateMeter = newMeter(
+      satisfactionRateBeanName,
+      "requests",
+      TimeUnit.SECONDS
+    )
+
+  val timeToSatisfyHistogram = newHistogram(timeToSatisfyHistogramBeanName, biased = true)
+
+  newGauge(
+    numDelayedRequestsBeanName,
+    new Gauge[Int] {
+      def value() = expiredRequestReaper.unsatisfied.get()
+    }
+  )
+
+  val expirationRateMeter = newMeter(
+    expirationRateBeanName,
+    "requests",
+    TimeUnit.SECONDS
+  )
 
   /* background thread expiring requests that have been waiting too long */
-  private val expiredRequestReaper = new ExpiredRequestReaper(logPrefix)
+  private val expiredRequestReaper = new ExpiredRequestReaper
   private val expirationThread = Utils.daemonThread("request-expiration-task", expiredRequestReaper)
   expirationThread.start()
 
@@ -89,16 +121,9 @@ abstract class RequestPurgatory[T <: DelayedRequest, R](logPrefix: String) exten
     else
       w.collectSatisfiedRequests(request)
   }
-
-  private def watchersFor(key: Any): Watchers = {
-    var lst = watchersForKey.get(key)
-    if(lst == null) {
-      watchersForKey.putIfAbsent(key, new Watchers)
-      lst = watchersForKey.get(key)
-    }
-    lst
-  }
-
+  
+  private def watchersFor(key: Any) = watchersForKey.getAndMaybePut(key, () => new Watchers)
+  
   /**
    * Check if this request satisfied this delayed request
    */
@@ -117,7 +142,8 @@ abstract class RequestPurgatory[T <: DelayedRequest, R](logPrefix: String) exten
   }
 
   /**
-   * A linked list of DelayedRequests watching some key with some associated bookeeping logic
+   * A linked list of DelayedRequests watching some key with some associated
+   * bookkeeping logic.
    */
   private class Watchers {
 
@@ -132,10 +158,10 @@ abstract class RequestPurgatory[T <: DelayedRequest, R](logPrefix: String) exten
 
     def add(t: T) {
       synchronized {
-                     requests.add(t)
-                     liveCount += 1
-                     maybePurge()
-                   }
+        requests.add(t)
+        liveCount += 1
+        maybePurge()
+      }
     }
 
     private def maybePurge() {
@@ -151,32 +177,39 @@ abstract class RequestPurgatory[T <: DelayedRequest, R](logPrefix: String) exten
 
     def decLiveCount() {
       synchronized {
-                     liveCount -= 1
-                   }
+        liveCount -= 1
+      }
     }
 
     def collectSatisfiedRequests(request: R): Seq[T] = {
       val response = new mutable.ArrayBuffer[T]
       synchronized {
-                     val iter = requests.iterator()
-                     while(iter.hasNext) {
-                       val curr = iter.next
-                       if(curr.satisfied.get) {
-                         // another thread has satisfied this request, remove it
-                         iter.remove()
-                       } else {
-                         if(checkSatisfied(request, curr)) {
-                           iter.remove()
-                           val updated = curr.satisfied.compareAndSet(false, true)
-                           if(updated == true) {
-                             response += curr
-                             liveCount -= 1
-                             expiredRequestReaper.satisfyRequest()
-                           }
-                         }
-                       }
-                     }
-                   }
+        val iter = requests.iterator()
+        while(iter.hasNext) {
+          val curr = iter.next
+          if(curr.satisfied.get) {
+            // another thread has satisfied this request, remove it
+            iter.remove()
+          } else {
+            // synchronize on curr to avoid any race condition with expire
+            // on client-side.
+            val satisfied = curr synchronized checkSatisfied(request, curr)
+            if(satisfied) {
+              iter.remove()
+              val updated = curr.satisfied.compareAndSet(false, true)
+              if(updated == true) {
+                val requestNs = SystemTime.nanoseconds - curr.creationTimeNs
+                satisfactionRateMeter.mark()
+                timeToSatisfyHistogram.update(requestNs)
+
+                response += curr
+                liveCount -= 1
+                expiredRequestReaper.satisfyRequest()
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
       response
     }
   }
@@ -184,9 +217,8 @@ abstract class RequestPurgatory[T <: DelayedRequest, R](logPrefix: String) exten
   /**
    * Runnable to expire requests that have sat unfullfilled past their deadline
    */
-  private class ExpiredRequestReaper(logPrefix: String) extends Runnable with Logging {
-    this.logIdent = "ExpiredRequestReaper for " + logPrefix
-
+  private class ExpiredRequestReaper extends Runnable with Logging {
+    this.logIdent = "ExpiredRequestReaper-%d ".format(brokerId)
     /* a few magic parameters to help do cleanup to avoid accumulating old watchers */
     private val CleanupThresholdSize = 100
     private val CleanupThresholdPrct = 0.5
@@ -196,14 +228,16 @@ abstract class RequestPurgatory[T <: DelayedRequest, R](logPrefix: String) exten
     private val shutdownLatch = new CountDownLatch(1)
     private val needsPurge = new AtomicBoolean(false)
     /* The count of elements in the delay queue that are unsatisfied */
-    private val unsatisfied = new AtomicInteger(0)
+    private [kafka] val unsatisfied = new AtomicInteger(0)
 
     /** Main loop for the expiry thread */
     def run() {
       while(running.get) {
         try {
           val curr = pollExpired()
-          expire(curr)
+          curr synchronized {
+            expire(curr)
+          }
         } catch {
           case ie: InterruptedException =>
             if(needsPurge.getAndSet(false)) {
@@ -232,11 +266,11 @@ abstract class RequestPurgatory[T <: DelayedRequest, R](logPrefix: String) exten
 
     /** Shutdown the expiry thread*/
     def shutdown() {
-      debug("shutting down")
+      debug("Shutting down.")
       running.set(false)
       expirationThread.interrupt()
       shutdownLatch.await()
-      debug("shut down completely")
+      debug("Shut down complete.")
     }
 
     /** Record the fact that we satisfied a request in the stats for the expiry queue */
@@ -250,6 +284,7 @@ abstract class RequestPurgatory[T <: DelayedRequest, R](logPrefix: String) exten
         val curr = delayed.take()
         val updated = curr.satisfied.compareAndSet(false, true)
         if(updated) {
+          expirationRateMeter.mark()
           unsatisfied.getAndDecrement()
           for(key <- curr.keys)
             watchersFor(key).decLiveCount()
diff --git core/src/main/scala/kafka/utils/Pool.scala core/src/main/scala/kafka/utils/Pool.scala
index d62fa77..ff53eee 100644
--- core/src/main/scala/kafka/utils/Pool.scala
+++ core/src/main/scala/kafka/utils/Pool.scala
@@ -27,14 +27,23 @@ class Pool[K,V] extends Iterable[(K, V)] {
   
   def this(m: collection.Map[K, V]) {
     this()
-    for((k,v) <- m.elements)
-      pool.put(k, v)
+    m.foreach(kv => pool.put(kv._1, kv._2))
   }
   
   def put(k: K, v: V) = pool.put(k, v)
   
   def putIfNotExists(k: K, v: V) = pool.putIfAbsent(k, v)
-  
+
+  def getAndMaybePut(key: K, createValueIfAbsent:() => V) = {
+    val curr = pool.get(key)
+    if (curr == null) {
+      pool.putIfAbsent(key, createValueIfAbsent())
+      pool.get(key)
+    }
+    else
+      curr
+  }
+
   def contains(id: K) = pool.containsKey(id)
   
   def get(key: K): V = pool.get(key)
@@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ class Pool[K,V] extends Iterable[(K, V)] {
   def values: Iterable[V] = 
     JavaConversions.asIterable(new ArrayList[V](pool.values()))
   
-  def clear: Unit = pool.clear()
+  def clear() { pool.clear() }
   
   override def size = pool.size
   
diff --git core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/integration/LogCorruptionTest.scala core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/integration/LogCorruptionTest.scala
index 7c73f06..d1cd847 100644
--- core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/integration/LogCorruptionTest.scala
+++ core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/integration/LogCorruptionTest.scala
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class LogCorruptionTest extends JUnit3Suite with ProducerConsumerTestHarness wit
         fail("shouldn't reach here in SimpleConsumer since log file is corrupted.")
       fail("shouldn't reach here in SimpleConsumer since log file is corrupted.")
     } catch {
-      case e: InvalidMessageSizeException => println("This is good")
+      case e: InvalidMessageSizeException => "This is good"
     }
 
     // test ZookeeperConsumer
diff --git core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/integration/TopicMetadataTest.scala core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/integration/TopicMetadataTest.scala
index 66d641a..b99eaa5 100644
--- core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/integration/TopicMetadataTest.scala
+++ core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/integration/TopicMetadataTest.scala
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ class TopicMetadataTest extends JUnit3Suite with ZooKeeperTestHarness {
     val logManager = EasyMock.createMock(classOf[LogManager])
     val kafkaZookeeper = EasyMock.createMock(classOf[KafkaZooKeeper])
     val replicaManager = EasyMock.createMock(classOf[ReplicaManager])
+    EasyMock.expect(replicaManager.config).andReturn(configs.head)
     EasyMock.expect(kafkaZookeeper.getZookeeperClient).andReturn(zkClient)
     EasyMock.expect(logManager.config).andReturn(configs.head)
+    EasyMock.replay(replicaManager)
     EasyMock.replay(logManager)
     EasyMock.replay(kafkaZookeeper)
 
diff --git core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/metrics/KafkaTimerTest.scala core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/metrics/KafkaTimerTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..351e140
--- /dev/null
+++ core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/metrics/KafkaTimerTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package unit.kafka.metrics
+
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.
+ */
+
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnit3Suite
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+import junit.framework.Assert._
+import kafka.metrics.KafkaTimer
+import com.yammer.metrics.core.{MetricsRegistry, Clock}
+
+class KafkaTimerTest extends JUnit3Suite {
+
+  @Test
+  def testKafkaTimer() {
+    val clock = new ManualClock
+    val testRegistry = new MetricsRegistry(clock)
+    val metric = testRegistry.newTimer(this.getClass, "TestTimer")
+
+    val timer = new KafkaTimer(metric)
+    timer.time {
+      clock.addMillis(1000)
+    }
+    assertEquals(1, metric.count())
+    assertTrue((metric.max() - 1000).abs <= Double.Epsilon)
+    assertTrue((metric.min() - 1000).abs <= Double.Epsilon)
+  }
+
+  class ManualClock extends Clock {
+
+    private var ticksInNanos = 0L
+
+    override def tick() = {
+      ticksInNanos
+    }
+
+    override def time() = {
+      TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(ticksInNanos)
+    }
+
+    def addMillis(millis: Long) {
+      ticksInNanos += TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toNanos(millis)
+    }
+
+    def addHours(hours: Long) {
+      ticksInNanos += TimeUnit.HOURS.toNanos(hours)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/RequestPurgatoryTest.scala core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/RequestPurgatoryTest.scala
index 6237432..380c3a7 100644
--- core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/RequestPurgatoryTest.scala
+++ core/src/test/scala/unit/kafka/server/RequestPurgatoryTest.scala
@@ -18,26 +18,28 @@
 package kafka.server
 
 import scala.collection._
-import org.junit.{After, Before, Test}
+import org.junit.Test
 import junit.framework.Assert._
 import kafka.message._
 import kafka.api._
 import kafka.utils.TestUtils
+import org.scalatest.junit.JUnit3Suite
 
-class RequestPurgatoryTest {
+
+class RequestPurgatoryTest extends JUnit3Suite {
 
   val producerRequest1 = TestUtils.produceRequest("test", 0, new ByteBufferMessageSet(new Message("hello1".getBytes)))
   val producerRequest2 = TestUtils.produceRequest("test", 0, new ByteBufferMessageSet(new Message("hello2".getBytes)))
   var purgatory: MockRequestPurgatory = null
   
-  @Before
-  def setup() {
+  override def setUp() {
+    super.setUp()
     purgatory = new MockRequestPurgatory()
   }
   
-  @After
-  def teardown() {
+  override def tearDown() {
     purgatory.shutdown()
+    super.tearDown()
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -54,7 +56,7 @@ class RequestPurgatoryTest {
     assertEquals("Nothing satisfied", 0, purgatory.update("test1", producerRequest2).size)
     purgatory.satisfied += r2
     assertEquals("r2 satisfied", mutable.ArrayBuffer(r2), purgatory.update("test2", producerRequest2))
-    assertEquals("Nothing satisfied", 0, purgatory.update("test2", producerRequest2).size)  
+    assertEquals("Nothing satisfied", 0, purgatory.update("test2", producerRequest2).size)
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ class RequestPurgatoryTest {
     assertTrue("Time for expiration was about 20ms", (elapsed - expiration).abs < 10L)
   }
   
-  class MockRequestPurgatory extends RequestPurgatory[DelayedRequest, ProducerRequest]("Mock Request Purgatory") {
+  class MockRequestPurgatory extends RequestPurgatory[DelayedRequest, ProducerRequest] {
     val satisfied = mutable.Set[DelayedRequest]()
     val expired = mutable.Set[DelayedRequest]()
     def awaitExpiration(delayed: DelayedRequest) = {
diff --git project/build/KafkaProject.scala project/build/KafkaProject.scala
index 5ad1739..0389c59 100644
--- project/build/KafkaProject.scala
+++ project/build/KafkaProject.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  */
 
 import sbt._
-import scala.xml.{Node, Elem, NodeSeq}
+import scala.xml.{Node, Elem}
 import scala.xml.transform.{RewriteRule, RuleTransformer}
 
 class KafkaProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends ParentProject(info) with IdeaProject {
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ class KafkaProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends ParentProject(info) with IdeaProje
 
     def zkClientDep =
       <dependency>
-       <groupId>zkclient</groupId>
-       <artifactId>zkclient</artifactId>
-       <version>20120522</version>
-       <scope>compile</scope>
-       </dependency>
+        <groupId>zkclient</groupId>
+        <artifactId>zkclient</artifactId>
+        <version>20120522</version>
+        <scope>compile</scope>
+      </dependency>
 
     object ZkClientDepAdder extends RuleTransformer(new RewriteRule() {
       override def transform(node: Node): Seq[Node] = node match {
@@ -251,6 +251,9 @@ class KafkaProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends ParentProject(info) with IdeaProje
   trait CoreDependencies {
     val log4j = "log4j" % "log4j" % "1.2.15"
     val jopt = "net.sf.jopt-simple" % "jopt-simple" % "3.2"
+    private val metricsVersion = "latest.release"
+    val metricsCore = "com.yammer.metrics" % "metrics-core" % metricsVersion
+    val slf4jSimple = "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-simple" % "latest.release"
   }
   
   trait HadoopDependencies {
@@ -264,5 +267,4 @@ class KafkaProject(info: ProjectInfo) extends ParentProject(info) with IdeaProje
   trait CompressionDependencies {
     val snappy = "org.xerial.snappy" % "snappy-java" % "1.0.4.1"	
   }
-
 }