diff --git a/src/storage/Backend.cc b/src/storage/Backend.cc
index 8545f0e8c0..01d1a4ef64 100644
--- a/src/storage/Backend.cc
+++ b/src/storage/Backend.cc
@@ -260,12 +260,12 @@ void Backend::InitMetrics() {
     erase_metrics =
         std::make_unique<detail::OperationMetrics>(results_family, latency_family, "erase", Tag(), metrics_config);
 
-    bytes_read_metric = telemetry_mgr->CounterInstance("zeek", "storage_backend_data_written",
-                                                       {{"type", Tag()}, {"config", metrics_config}},
-                                                       "Storage data written to backend", "bytes");
-    bytes_written_metric = telemetry_mgr->CounterInstance("zeek", "storage_backend_data_read",
+    bytes_written_metric = telemetry_mgr->CounterInstance("zeek", "storage_backend_data_written",
                                                           {{"type", Tag()}, {"config", metrics_config}},
-                                                          "Storage data read from backend", "bytes");
+                                                          "Storage data written to backend", "bytes");
+    bytes_read_metric = telemetry_mgr->CounterInstance("zeek", "storage_backend_data_read",
+                                                       {{"type", Tag()}, {"config", metrics_config}},
+                                                       "Storage data read from backend", "bytes");
 
     expired_entries_metric = telemetry_mgr->CounterInstance("zeek", "storage_backend_expired_entries",
                                                             {{"type", Tag()}, {"config", metrics_config}},
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-async/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-async/out
index be7bf2fe10..8cdc11afa6 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-async/out
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-async/out
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ get result same as inserted, T
 
 Post-operation metrics:
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backends_opened_total, [], [], 1.0
-Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_read_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 34.0
+Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_read_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 18.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_expired_entries_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, erase, error, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, erase, fail, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config,
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, put, fail, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, put, success, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 1.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, put, timeout, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
-Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_written_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 18.0
+Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_written_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 34.0
 
 close result, [code=Storage::SUCCESS, error_str=<uninitialized>, value=<uninitialized>]
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-forced-sync/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-forced-sync/out
index 96d4a9da72..f7e1d5d496 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-forced-sync/out
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-forced-sync/out
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ outer open done
 
 Post-operation metrics:
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backends_opened_total, [], [], 1.0
-Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_read_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 34.0
+Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_read_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 18.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_expired_entries_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, erase, error, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, erase, fail, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config,
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, put, fail, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, put, success, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 1.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, put, timeout, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
-Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_written_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 18.0
+Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_written_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 34.0
 
 close result, [code=Storage::SUCCESS, error_str=<uninitialized>, value=<uninitialized>]
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-sync/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-sync/out
index bf33393768..970967a8bc 100644
--- a/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-sync/out
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/scripts.base.frameworks.storage.redis-sync/out
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Storage::backend_opened, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS, [serializer=Storage::ST
 
 Post-operation metrics:
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backends_opened_total, [], [], 1.0
-Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_read_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 102.0
+Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_read_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 54.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_expired_entries_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, erase, error, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, erase, fail, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config,
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, put, fail, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 1.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, put, success, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 2.0
 Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_operation_results_total, [config, operation, result, type], [server_addr-testing, put, timeout, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 0.0
-Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_written_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 54.0
+Telemetry::COUNTER, zeek, zeek_storage_backend_data_written_bytes_total, [config, type], [server_addr-testing, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS], 102.0
 
 Storage::backend_lost, Storage::STORAGE_BACKEND_REDIS, [serializer=Storage::STORAGE_SERIALIZER_JSON, forced_sync=F, redis=[server_host=127.0.0.1, server_port=XXXX/tcp, server_unix_socket=<uninitialized>, key_prefix=testing, connect_timeout=5.0 secs, operation_timeout=5.0 secs, username=<uninitialized>, password=<uninitialized>]], Client disconnected