diff --git a/src/current/_includes/v25.4/essential-metrics.md b/src/current/_includes/v25.4/essential-metrics.md
index 4f4627a9dcb..9178b79893d 100644
--- a/src/current/_includes/v25.4/essential-metrics.md
+++ b/src/current/_includes/v25.4/essential-metrics.md
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% assign version = page.version.version | replace: ".", "" %}
+{% assign advanced_excluded_metrics = "sys.cpu.host.combined.percent-normalized|sys.host.disk.iopsinprogress|sql.mem.root.current|storage.write-stalls" | split: "|" %}
 {% comment %}DEBUG: {{ version }}{% endcomment %}
 
 {% comment %} STEP 1. Assign variables specific to deployment {% endcomment %}
@@ -122,7 +123,9 @@ The **Usage** column explains why each metric is important to visualize and how
         {% for metric in essential_metrics %}
         {% comment %} STEP 4d. Exclude SQL metrics that will be placed in special categories {% endcomment %}
         {% unless category_name == SQL %}
-          {% unless metric.name contains "backup" or metric.name contains "BACKUP" or metric.name contains "create_stats" %}
+          {% comment %} Hide metrics that should not appear for advanced deployment {% endcomment %}
+          {% unless include.deployment == 'advanced' and advanced_excluded_metrics contains metric.name %}
+            {% unless metric.name contains "backup" or metric.name contains "BACKUP" or metric.name contains "create_stats" %}
 
           {% comment %} Transforms to match datadog_id {% endcomment %}
           {% assign input_metric = metric.name %}
@@ -162,7 +165,8 @@ The **Usage** column explains why each metric is important to visualize and how
             <td>{{ metric.how_to_use }}</td>
         </tr>
 
-          {% endunless %}{% comment %}unless metric.name contains "backup" or metric.name contains "BACKUP" or metric.name contains "create_stats"{% endcomment %}
+            {% endunless %}{% comment %}unless metric.name contains "backup" or metric.name contains "BACKUP" or metric.name contains "create_stats"{% endcomment %}
+          {% endunless %}{% comment %}unless metric is excluded for advanced deployment{% endcomment %}
         {% endunless %}{% comment %}unless category_name == SQL{% endcomment %}
         {% endfor %}{% comment %}for metric in essential_metrics{% endcomment %}
       {% endfor %}{% comment %}for layer in layer_names_array{% endcomment %}
@@ -296,4 +300,4 @@ The **Usage** column explains why each metric is important to visualize and how
 - [Visualize metrics in Grafana]({% link {{ page.version.version }}/monitor-cockroachdb-with-prometheus.md %}#step-5-visualize-metrics-in-grafana)
 - [Custom Chart Debug Page]({% link {{ page.version.version }}/ui-custom-chart-debug-page.md %})
 - [Cluster API]({% link {{ page.version.version }}/cluster-api.md %})
-- [Essential Alerts]({% link {{ page.version.version }}/essential-alerts-self-hosted.md %})
\ No newline at end of file
+- [Essential Alerts]({% link {{ page.version.version }}/essential-alerts-self-hosted.md %})