diff --git a/metrics-ipmi-blobs/metric.hpp b/metrics-ipmi-blobs/metric.hpp
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+#pragma once
+
+#include "metricblob.pb.h"
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+#include <blobs-ipmid/blobs.hpp>
+
+#include <atomic>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace metric_blob
+{
+
+class BmcHealthSnapshot
+{
+  public:
+    BmcHealthSnapshot();
+
+    /**
+     * Reads data from this metric
+     * @param offset: offset into the data to read
+     * @param requestedSize: how many bytes to read
+     * @returns Bytes able to read. Returns empty if nothing can be read.
+     */
+    std::string_view read(uint32_t offset, uint32_t requestedSize);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns information about the amount of readable data and whether the
+     * metric has finished populating.
+     * @param meta: Struct to fill with the metadata info
+     */
+    bool stat(blobs::BlobMeta& meta);
+
+    /**
+     * Start the metric collection process
+     */
+    void doWork();
+
+    /**
+     * The size of the content string.
+     */
+    uint32_t size();
+
+  private:
+    /**
+     * Serialize to the pb_dump_ array.
+     */
+    void serializeSnapshotToArray(
+        const bmcmetrics::metricproto::BmcMetricSnapshot& snapshot);
+
+    // The two following functions access the snapshot's string table so they
+    // have to be member functions.
+    bmcmetrics::metricproto::BmcProcStatMetric getProcStatList();
+    bmcmetrics::metricproto::BmcFdStatMetric getFdStatList();
+
+    int getStringID(const std::string_view s);
+    std::atomic<bool> done;
+    std::vector<char> pbDump;
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, int> stringTable;
+    int stringId;
+    long ticksPerSec;
+};
+
+} // namespace metric_blob