diff --git a/config/initializers/7_prometheus_metrics.rb b/config/initializers/7_prometheus_metrics.rb
index 31839297523..f2d2fa46357 100644
--- a/config/initializers/7_prometheus_metrics.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/7_prometheus_metrics.rb
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@ Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
     Gitlab::Metrics::SidekiqMetricsExporter.instance.start
   end
 end
+
+# if Gitlab::Metrics.prometheus_metrics_enabled?
+Gitlab::Metrics::Samplers::RubySampler.initialize_instance(1.second).start
+# end
diff --git a/config/initializers/8_metrics.rb b/config/initializers/8_metrics.rb
index 2d8704622b6..e1ca67b3b78 100644
--- a/config/initializers/8_metrics.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/8_metrics.rb
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ def instrument_classes(instrumentation)
 end
 # rubocop:enable Metrics/AbcSize
 
-unless Sidekiq.server?
-  Gitlab::Metrics::UnicornSampler.initialize_instance(Settings.monitoring.unicorn_sampler_interval).start
+unless Sidekiq.server?  
+  Gitlab::Metrics::Samplers::UnicornSampler.initialize_instance(Settings.monitoring.unicorn_sampler_interval).start
 end
 
 Gitlab::Application.configure do |config|
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ if Gitlab::Metrics.enabled?
 
   GC::Profiler.enable
 
-  Gitlab::Metrics::InfluxSampler.initialize_instance.start
+  Gitlab::Metrics::Samplers::InfluxSampler.initialize_instance.start
 
   module TrackNewRedisConnections
     def connect(*args)
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/metrics/base_sampler.rb b/lib/gitlab/metrics/base_sampler.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 716d20bb91a..00000000000
--- a/lib/gitlab/metrics/base_sampler.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-require 'logger'
-module Gitlab
-  module Metrics
-    class BaseSampler < Daemon
-      # interval - The sampling interval in seconds.
-      def initialize(interval)
-        interval_half = interval.to_f / 2
-
-        @interval = interval
-        @interval_steps = (-interval_half..interval_half).step(0.1).to_a
-
-        super()
-      end
-
-      def safe_sample
-        sample
-      rescue => e
-        Rails.logger.warn("#{self.class}: #{e}, stopping")
-        stop
-      end
-
-      def sample
-        raise NotImplementedError
-      end
-
-      # Returns the sleep interval with a random adjustment.
-      #
-      # The random adjustment is put in place to ensure we:
-      #
-      # 1. Don't generate samples at the exact same interval every time (thus
-      #    potentially missing anything that happens in between samples).
-      # 2. Don't sample data at the same interval two times in a row.
-      def sleep_interval
-        while (step = @interval_steps.sample)
-          if step != @last_step
-            @last_step = step
-
-            return @interval + @last_step
-          end
-        end
-      end
-
-      private
-
-      attr_reader :running
-
-      def start_working
-        @running = true
-        sleep(sleep_interval)
-
-        while running
-          safe_sample
-
-          sleep(sleep_interval)
-        end
-      end
-
-      def stop_working
-        @running = false
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/metrics/influx_sampler.rb b/lib/gitlab/metrics/influx_sampler.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 6db1dd755b7..00000000000
--- a/lib/gitlab/metrics/influx_sampler.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,101 +0,0 @@
-module Gitlab
-  module Metrics
-    # Class that sends certain metrics to InfluxDB at a specific interval.
-    #
-    # This class is used to gather statistics that can't be directly associated
-    # with a transaction such as system memory usage, garbage collection
-    # statistics, etc.
-    class InfluxSampler < BaseSampler
-      # interval - The sampling interval in seconds.
-      def initialize(interval = Metrics.settings[:sample_interval])
-        super(interval)
-        @last_step = nil
-
-        @metrics = []
-
-        @last_minor_gc = Delta.new(GC.stat[:minor_gc_count])
-        @last_major_gc = Delta.new(GC.stat[:major_gc_count])
-
-        if Gitlab::Metrics.mri?
-          require 'allocations'
-
-          Allocations.start
-        end
-      end
-
-      def sample
-        sample_memory_usage
-        sample_file_descriptors
-        sample_objects
-        sample_gc
-
-        flush
-      ensure
-        GC::Profiler.clear
-        @metrics.clear
-      end
-
-      def flush
-        Metrics.submit_metrics(@metrics.map(&:to_hash))
-      end
-
-      def sample_memory_usage
-        add_metric('memory_usage', value: System.memory_usage)
-      end
-
-      def sample_file_descriptors
-        add_metric('file_descriptors', value: System.file_descriptor_count)
-      end
-
-      if Metrics.mri?
-        def sample_objects
-          sample = Allocations.to_hash
-          counts = sample.each_with_object({}) do |(klass, count), hash|
-            name = klass.name
-
-            next unless name
-
-            hash[name] = count
-          end
-
-          # Symbols aren't allocated so we'll need to add those manually.
-          counts['Symbol'] = Symbol.all_symbols.length
-
-          counts.each do |name, count|
-            add_metric('object_counts', { count: count }, type: name)
-          end
-        end
-      else
-        def sample_objects
-        end
-      end
-
-      def sample_gc
-        time = GC::Profiler.total_time * 1000.0
-        stats = GC.stat.merge(total_time: time)
-
-        # We want the difference of GC runs compared to the last sample, not the
-        # total amount since the process started.
-        stats[:minor_gc_count] =
-          @last_minor_gc.compared_with(stats[:minor_gc_count])
-
-        stats[:major_gc_count] =
-          @last_major_gc.compared_with(stats[:major_gc_count])
-
-        stats[:count] = stats[:minor_gc_count] + stats[:major_gc_count]
-
-        add_metric('gc_statistics', stats)
-      end
-
-      def add_metric(series, values, tags = {})
-        prefix = sidekiq? ? 'sidekiq_' : 'rails_'
-
-        @metrics << Metric.new("#{prefix}#{series}", values, tags)
-      end
-
-      def sidekiq?
-        Sidekiq.server?
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/base_sampler.rb b/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/base_sampler.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f911df3d170
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/base_sampler.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+require 'logger'
+module Gitlab
+  module Metrics
+    module Samplers
+      class BaseSampler
+        def self.initialize_instance(*args)
+          raise "#{name} singleton instance already initialized" if @instance
+          @instance = new(*args)
+          at_exit(&@instance.method(:stop))
+          @instance
+        end
+
+        def self.instance
+          @instance
+        end
+
+        attr_reader :running
+
+        # interval - The sampling interval in seconds.
+        def initialize(interval)
+          interval_half = interval.to_f / 2
+
+          @interval = interval
+          @interval_steps = (-interval_half..interval_half).step(0.1).to_a
+
+          @mutex = Mutex.new
+        end
+
+        def enabled?
+          true
+        end
+
+        def start
+          return unless enabled?
+
+          @mutex.synchronize do
+            return if running
+            @running = true
+
+            @thread = Thread.new do
+              sleep(sleep_interval)
+
+              while running
+                safe_sample
+
+                sleep(sleep_interval)
+              end
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        def stop
+          @mutex.synchronize do
+            return unless running
+
+            @running = false
+
+            if @thread
+              @thread.wakeup if @thread.alive?
+              @thread.join
+              @thread = nil
+            end
+          end
+        end
+
+        def safe_sample
+          sample
+        rescue => e
+          Rails.logger.warn("#{self.class}: #{e}, stopping")
+          stop
+        end
+
+        def sample
+          raise NotImplementedError
+        end
+
+        # Returns the sleep interval with a random adjustment.
+        #
+        # The random adjustment is put in place to ensure we:
+        #
+        # 1. Don't generate samples at the exact same interval every time (thus
+        #    potentially missing anything that happens in between samples).
+        # 2. Don't sample data at the same interval two times in a row.
+        def sleep_interval
+          while step = @interval_steps.sample
+            if step != @last_step
+              @last_step = step
+
+              return @interval + @last_step
+            end
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/influx_sampler.rb b/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/influx_sampler.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66adc47dcc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/influx_sampler.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+module Gitlab
+  module Metrics
+    module Samplers
+      # Class that sends certain metrics to InfluxDB at a specific interval.
+      #
+      # This class is used to gather statistics that can't be directly associated
+      # with a transaction such as system memory usage, garbage collection
+      # statistics, etc.
+      class InfluxSampler < BaseSampler
+        # interval - The sampling interval in seconds.
+        def initialize(interval = Metrics.settings[:sample_interval])
+          super(interval)
+          @last_step = nil
+
+          @metrics = []
+
+          @last_minor_gc = Delta.new(GC.stat[:minor_gc_count])
+          @last_major_gc = Delta.new(GC.stat[:major_gc_count])
+
+          if Gitlab::Metrics.mri?
+            require 'allocations'
+
+            Allocations.start
+          end
+        end
+
+        def sample
+          sample_memory_usage
+          sample_file_descriptors
+          sample_objects
+          sample_gc
+
+          flush
+        ensure
+          GC::Profiler.clear
+          @metrics.clear
+        end
+
+        def flush
+          Metrics.submit_metrics(@metrics.map(&:to_hash))
+        end
+
+        def sample_memory_usage
+          add_metric('memory_usage', value: System.memory_usage)
+        end
+
+        def sample_file_descriptors
+          add_metric('file_descriptors', value: System.file_descriptor_count)
+        end
+
+        if Metrics.mri?
+          def sample_objects
+            sample = Allocations.to_hash
+            counts = sample.each_with_object({}) do |(klass, count), hash|
+              name = klass.name
+
+              next unless name
+
+              hash[name] = count
+            end
+
+            # Symbols aren't allocated so we'll need to add those manually.
+            counts['Symbol'] = Symbol.all_symbols.length
+
+            counts.each do |name, count|
+              add_metric('object_counts', { count: count }, type: name)
+            end
+          end
+        else
+          def sample_objects
+          end
+        end
+
+        def sample_gc
+          time = GC::Profiler.total_time * 1000.0
+          stats = GC.stat.merge(total_time: time)
+
+          # We want the difference of GC runs compared to the last sample, not the
+          # total amount since the process started.
+          stats[:minor_gc_count] =
+            @last_minor_gc.compared_with(stats[:minor_gc_count])
+
+          stats[:major_gc_count] =
+            @last_major_gc.compared_with(stats[:major_gc_count])
+
+          stats[:count] = stats[:minor_gc_count] + stats[:major_gc_count]
+
+          add_metric('gc_statistics', stats)
+        end
+
+        def add_metric(series, values, tags = {})
+          prefix = sidekiq? ? 'sidekiq_' : 'rails_'
+
+          @metrics << Metric.new("#{prefix}#{series}", values, tags)
+        end
+
+        def sidekiq?
+          Sidekiq.server?
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/ruby_sampler.rb b/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/ruby_sampler.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..455085731a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/ruby_sampler.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+module Gitlab
+  module Metrics
+    module Samplers
+      class RubySampler < BaseSampler
+
+        COUNTS = [:count, :minor_gc_count, :major_gc_count]
+
+        def metrics
+          @metrics ||= init_metrics
+        end
+
+        def with_prefix(name)
+          "ruby_gc_#{name}".to_sym
+        end
+
+        def to_doc_string(name)
+          name.to_s.humanize
+        end
+
+        def labels
+          worker_label.merge(source_label)
+        end
+
+        def initialize(interval)
+          super(interval)
+          GC::Profiler.enable
+          Rails.logger.info("123")
+
+          init_metrics
+        end
+
+        def init_metrics
+          metrics = {}
+          metrics[:total_time] = Gitlab::Metrics.gauge(with_prefix(:total_time), to_doc_string(:total_time), labels, :livesum)
+          GC.stat.keys.each do |key|
+            metrics[key] = Gitlab::Metrics.gauge(with_prefix(key), to_doc_string(key), labels, :livesum)
+          end
+          metrics
+        end
+
+        def sample
+          metrics[:total_time].set(labels, GC::Profiler.total_time * 1000)
+
+          GC.stat.each do |key, value|
+            metrics[key].set(labels, value)
+          end
+        end
+
+        def source_label
+          if Sidekiq.server?
+            { source: 'sidekiq' }
+          else
+            { source: 'rails' }
+          end
+        end
+
+        def worker_label
+          return {} unless defined?(Unicorn::Worker)
+          worker = if defined?(Unicorn::Worker)
+                     ObjectSpace.each_object(Unicorn::Worker)&.first
+                   end
+          if worker
+            { unicorn: worker.nr }
+          else
+            { unicorn: 'master' }
+          end
+        end
+
+        def sample_gc
+          time = GC::Profiler.total_time * 1000.0
+          stats = GC.stat.merge(total_time: time)
+
+          # We want the difference of GC runs compared to the last sample, not the
+          # total amount since the process started.
+
+          stats[:minor_gc_count] =
+            @last_minor_gc.compared_with(stats[:minor_gc_count])
+
+          stats[:major_gc_count] =
+            @last_major_gc.compared_with(stats[:major_gc_count])
+
+          stats[:count] = stats[:minor_gc_count] + stats[:major_gc_count]
+
+          add_metric('gc_statistics', stats)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/unicorn_sampler.rb b/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/unicorn_sampler.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..686489a07a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/unicorn_sampler.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+module Gitlab
+  module Metrics
+    module Samplers
+      class UnicornSampler < BaseSampler
+        def initialize(interval)
+          super(interval)
+        end
+
+        def unicorn_active_connections
+          @unicorn_active_connections ||= Gitlab::Metrics.gauge(:unicorn_active_connections, 'Unicorn active connections', {}, :max)
+        end
+
+        def unicorn_queued_connections
+          @unicorn_queued_connections ||= Gitlab::Metrics.gauge(:unicorn_queued_connections, 'Unicorn queued connections', {}, :max)
+        end
+
+        def enabled?
+          # Raindrops::Linux.tcp_listener_stats is only present on Linux
+          unicorn_with_listeners? && Raindrops::Linux.respond_to?(:tcp_listener_stats)
+        end
+
+        def sample
+          Raindrops::Linux.tcp_listener_stats(tcp_listeners).each do |addr, stats|
+            unicorn_active_connections.set({ type: 'tcp', address: addr }, stats.active)
+            unicorn_queued_connections.set({ type: 'tcp', address: addr }, stats.queued)
+          end
+
+          Raindrops::Linux.unix_listener_stats(unix_listeners).each do |addr, stats|
+            unicorn_active_connections.set({ type: 'unix', address: addr }, stats.active)
+            unicorn_queued_connections.set({ type: 'unix', address: addr }, stats.queued)
+          end
+        end
+
+        private
+
+        def tcp_listeners
+          @tcp_listeners ||= Unicorn.listener_names.grep(%r{\A[^/]+:\d+\z})
+        end
+
+        def unix_listeners
+          @unix_listeners ||= Unicorn.listener_names - tcp_listeners
+        end
+
+        def unicorn_with_listeners?
+          defined?(Unicorn) && Unicorn.listener_names.any?
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/metrics/unicorn_sampler.rb b/lib/gitlab/metrics/unicorn_sampler.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index f6987252039..00000000000
--- a/lib/gitlab/metrics/unicorn_sampler.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-module Gitlab
-  module Metrics
-    class UnicornSampler < BaseSampler
-      def initialize(interval)
-        super(interval)
-      end
-
-      def unicorn_active_connections
-        @unicorn_active_connections ||= Gitlab::Metrics.gauge(:unicorn_active_connections, 'Unicorn active connections', {}, :max)
-      end
-
-      def unicorn_queued_connections
-        @unicorn_queued_connections ||= Gitlab::Metrics.gauge(:unicorn_queued_connections, 'Unicorn queued connections', {}, :max)
-      end
-
-      def enabled?
-        # Raindrops::Linux.tcp_listener_stats is only present on Linux
-        unicorn_with_listeners? && Raindrops::Linux.respond_to?(:tcp_listener_stats)
-      end
-
-      def sample
-        Raindrops::Linux.tcp_listener_stats(tcp_listeners).each do |addr, stats|
-          unicorn_active_connections.set({ type: 'tcp', address: addr }, stats.active)
-          unicorn_queued_connections.set({ type: 'tcp', address: addr }, stats.queued)
-        end
-
-        Raindrops::Linux.unix_listener_stats(unix_listeners).each do |addr, stats|
-          unicorn_active_connections.set({ type: 'unix', address: addr }, stats.active)
-          unicorn_queued_connections.set({ type: 'unix', address: addr }, stats.queued)
-        end
-      end
-
-      private
-
-      def tcp_listeners
-        @tcp_listeners ||= Unicorn.listener_names.grep(%r{\A[^/]+:\d+\z})
-      end
-
-      def unix_listeners
-        @unix_listeners ||= Unicorn.listener_names - tcp_listeners
-      end
-
-      def unicorn_with_listeners?
-        defined?(Unicorn) && Unicorn.listener_names.any?
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/gc_sampler_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/gc_sampler_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/influx_sampler_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/influx_sampler_spec.rb
similarity index 98%
rename from spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/influx_sampler_spec.rb
rename to spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/influx_sampler_spec.rb
index 999a9536d82..667e4747897 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/influx_sampler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/influx_sampler_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-describe Gitlab::Metrics::InfluxSampler do
+describe Gitlab::Metrics::Samplers::InfluxSampler do
   let(:sampler) { described_class.new(5) }
 
   after do
diff --git a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/unicorn_sampler_spec.rb b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/unicorn_sampler_spec.rb
similarity index 98%
rename from spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/unicorn_sampler_spec.rb
rename to spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/unicorn_sampler_spec.rb
index dc0d1f2e940..771b633a2b9 100644
--- a/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/unicorn_sampler_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/gitlab/metrics/samplers/unicorn_sampler_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
-describe Gitlab::Metrics::UnicornSampler do
+describe Gitlab::Metrics::Samplers::UnicornSampler do
   subject { described_class.new(1.second) }
 
   describe '#sample' do