'Submits a raw count with optional tags, hostname and device name
based on increasing counter values. E.g. 1, 3, 5, 7 will submit
6 on flush. Note that reset counters are skipped.
:param metric: The name of the metric
:param value: The value of the rate
:param tags: (optional) A list of tags for this metric
:param hostname: (optional) A hostname for this metric. Defaults to the current hostname.
:param device_name: (optional) The device name for this metric'

def monotonic_count(self, metric, value=0, tags=None, hostname=None, device_name=None):

    self.aggregator.count_from_counter(metric, value, tags, hostname, device_name)
