diff --git a/cmd/query/main.go b/cmd/query/main.go
index 7d9e40d12e6..770381109d0 100644
--- a/cmd/query/main.go
+++ b/cmd/query/main.go
@@ -169,16 +169,23 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func archiveOptions(storageFactory istorage.Factory, logger *zap.Logger) []app.HandlerOption {
-	reader, err := storageFactory.CreateSpanReader()
+	archiveFactory, ok := storageFactory.(istorage.ArchiveFactory)
+	if !ok {
+		logger.Info("Archive storage not supported by the factory")
+		return nil
+	}
+	reader, err := archiveFactory.CreateArchiveSpanReader()
 	if err == istorage.ErrArchiveStorageNotConfigured || err == istorage.ErrArchiveStorageNotSupported {
+		logger.Info("Archive storage not created", zap.String("reason", err.Error()))
 		return nil
 	}
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Error("Cannot init archive storage reader", zap.Error(err))
 		return nil
 	}
-	writer, err := storageFactory.CreateSpanWriter()
+	writer, err := archiveFactory.CreateArchiveSpanWriter()
 	if err == istorage.ErrArchiveStorageNotConfigured || err == istorage.ErrArchiveStorageNotSupported {
+		logger.Info("Archive storage not created", zap.String("reason", err.Error()))
 		return nil
 	}
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/examples/hotrod/cmd/root.go b/examples/hotrod/cmd/root.go
index e87f4552068..07eb368749c 100644
--- a/examples/hotrod/cmd/root.go
+++ b/examples/hotrod/cmd/root.go
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics"
-	"github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics/go-kit"
-	"github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics/go-kit/expvar"
+	jexpvar "github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics/expvar"
 	jprom "github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics/prometheus"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 )
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ func init() {
 // initMetrics is called before the command is executed.
 func initMetrics() {
 	if metricsBackend == "expvar" {
-		metricsFactory = xkit.Wrap("", expvar.NewFactory(10)) // 10 buckets for histograms
+		metricsFactory = jexpvar.NewFactory(10) // 10 buckets for histograms
 		logger.Info("Using expvar as metrics backend")
 	} else if metricsBackend == "prometheus" {
 		metricsFactory = jprom.New()
diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index 147488d7acd..77f390d3579 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-hash: a471ba65985cd8da353da17ba52ea1ce163fde53e469d02f053bde78f647d779
-updated: 2018-02-22T17:30:31.965001235+01:00
+hash: b40b5983c6baf2db7a7b72dfc9fe4a7168a7eef31292840999544ad9862db3e5
+updated: 2018-03-05T17:31:52.001803-05:00
 imports:
 - name: github.com/apache/thrift
   version: 53dd39833a08ce33582e5ff31fa18bb4735d6731
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ imports:
   - assert
   - require
 - name: github.com/davecgh/go-spew
-  version: 8991bc29aa16c548c550c7ff78260e27b9ab7c73
+  version: ecdeabc65495df2dec95d7c4a4c3e021903035e5
   subpackages:
   - spew
 - name: github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify
@@ -192,9 +192,11 @@ imports:
   - transport/zipkin
   - utils
 - name: github.com/uber/jaeger-lib
-  version: 7f95f4f7e80028096410abddaae2556e4c61b59f
+  version: 4267858c0679cd4e47cefed8d7f70fd386cfb567
   subpackages:
   - metrics
+  - metrics/adapters
+  - metrics/expvar
   - metrics/go-kit
   - metrics/go-kit/expvar
   - metrics/prometheus
@@ -228,7 +230,7 @@ imports:
   - zapcore
   - zaptest
 - name: golang.org/x/net
-  version: cbe0f9307d0156177f9dd5dc85da1a31abc5f2fb
+  version: 5ccada7d0a7ba9aeb5d3aca8d3501b4c2a509fec
   subpackages:
   - context
   - context/ctxhttp
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index 77689311203..0c734b06bc2 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import:
   subpackages:
   - transport
 - package: github.com/uber/jaeger-lib
-  version: ^1.2.1
+  version: ^1.4.0
 - package: github.com/uber/tchannel-go
   version: v1.1.0
   subpackages:
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/builder.go b/pkg/metrics/builder.go
index b083f6f466d..f64bbea3016 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/builder.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/builder.go
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promhttp"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics"
-	xkit "github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics/go-kit"
-	kitexpvar "github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics/go-kit/expvar"
+	jexpvar "github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics/expvar"
 	jprom "github.com/uber/jaeger-lib/metrics/prometheus"
 )
 
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ func (b *Builder) CreateMetricsFactory(namespace string) (metrics.Factory, error
 		return metricsFactory, nil
 	}
 	if b.Backend == "expvar" {
-		metricsFactory := xkit.Wrap(namespace, kitexpvar.NewFactory(10))
+		metricsFactory := jexpvar.NewFactory(10).Namespace(namespace, nil)
 		b.handler = expvar.Handler()
 		return metricsFactory, nil
 	}
diff --git a/plugin/storage/cassandra/factory.go b/plugin/storage/cassandra/factory.go
index 1f19c787a12..b92802b66c0 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/cassandra/factory.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/cassandra/factory.go
@@ -39,8 +39,9 @@ const (
 type Factory struct {
 	Options *Options
 
-	metricsFactory metrics.Factory
-	logger         *zap.Logger
+	primaryMetricsFactory metrics.Factory
+	archiveMetricsFactory metrics.Factory
+	logger                *zap.Logger
 
 	primaryConfig  config.SessionBuilder
 	primarySession cassandra.Session
@@ -71,7 +72,9 @@ func (f *Factory) InitFromViper(v *viper.Viper) {
 
 // Initialize implements storage.Factory
 func (f *Factory) Initialize(metricsFactory metrics.Factory, logger *zap.Logger) error {
-	f.metricsFactory, f.logger = metricsFactory, logger
+	f.primaryMetricsFactory = metricsFactory.Namespace("cassandra", nil)
+	f.archiveMetricsFactory = metricsFactory.Namespace("cassandra-archive", nil)
+	f.logger = logger
 
 	primarySession, err := f.primaryConfig.NewSession()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -85,23 +88,25 @@ func (f *Factory) Initialize(metricsFactory metrics.Factory, logger *zap.Logger)
 		} else {
 			return err
 		}
+	} else {
+		logger.Info("Cassandra archive storage configuration is empty, skipping")
 	}
 	return nil
 }
 
 // CreateSpanReader implements storage.Factory
 func (f *Factory) CreateSpanReader() (spanstore.Reader, error) {
-	return cSpanStore.NewSpanReader(f.primarySession, f.metricsFactory, f.logger), nil
+	return cSpanStore.NewSpanReader(f.primarySession, f.primaryMetricsFactory, f.logger), nil
 }
 
 // CreateSpanWriter implements storage.Factory
 func (f *Factory) CreateSpanWriter() (spanstore.Writer, error) {
-	return cSpanStore.NewSpanWriter(f.primarySession, f.Options.SpanStoreWriteCacheTTL, f.metricsFactory, f.logger), nil
+	return cSpanStore.NewSpanWriter(f.primarySession, f.Options.SpanStoreWriteCacheTTL, f.primaryMetricsFactory, f.logger), nil
 }
 
 // CreateDependencyReader implements storage.Factory
 func (f *Factory) CreateDependencyReader() (dependencystore.Reader, error) {
-	return cDepStore.NewDependencyStore(f.primarySession, f.Options.DepStoreDataFrequency, f.metricsFactory, f.logger), nil
+	return cDepStore.NewDependencyStore(f.primarySession, f.Options.DepStoreDataFrequency, f.primaryMetricsFactory, f.logger), nil
 }
 
 // CreateArchiveSpanReader implements storage.ArchiveFactory
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@ func (f *Factory) CreateArchiveSpanReader() (spanstore.Reader, error) {
 	if f.archiveSession == nil {
 		return nil, storage.ErrArchiveStorageNotConfigured
 	}
-	return cSpanStore.NewSpanReader(f.archiveSession, f.metricsFactory, f.logger), nil
+	return cSpanStore.NewSpanReader(f.archiveSession, f.archiveMetricsFactory, f.logger), nil
 }
 
 // CreateArchiveSpanWriter implements storage.ArchiveFactory
@@ -117,5 +122,5 @@ func (f *Factory) CreateArchiveSpanWriter() (spanstore.Writer, error) {
 	if f.archiveSession == nil {
 		return nil, storage.ErrArchiveStorageNotConfigured
 	}
-	return cSpanStore.NewSpanWriter(f.archiveSession, f.Options.SpanStoreWriteCacheTTL, f.metricsFactory, f.logger), nil
+	return cSpanStore.NewSpanWriter(f.archiveSession, f.Options.SpanStoreWriteCacheTTL, f.archiveMetricsFactory, f.logger), nil
 }
diff --git a/plugin/storage/cassandra/factory_test.go b/plugin/storage/cassandra/factory_test.go
index a2aff330f0f..078c008cf71 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/cassandra/factory_test.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/cassandra/factory_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/cassandra"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/cassandra/mocks"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/config"
+	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/pkg/testutils"
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/storage"
 )
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ func (m *mockSessionBuilder) NewSession() (cassandra.Session, error) {
 }
 
 func TestCassandraFactory(t *testing.T) {
+	logger, logBuf := testutils.NewLogger()
 	f := NewFactory()
 	v, command := config.Viperize(f.AddFlags)
 	command.ParseFlags([]string{"--cassandra-archive.enabled=true"})
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ func TestCassandraFactory(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.EqualError(t, f.Initialize(metrics.NullFactory, zap.NewNop()), "made-up error")
 
 	f.archiveConfig = nil
-	assert.NoError(t, f.Initialize(metrics.NullFactory, zap.NewNop()))
+	assert.NoError(t, f.Initialize(metrics.NullFactory, logger))
+	assert.Contains(t, logBuf.String(), "Cassandra archive storage configuration is empty, skipping")
 
 	_, err := f.CreateSpanReader()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)