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# Disk space


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Plugin: diskspace.plugin
Module: diskspace.plugin

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## Overview

Monitor Disk space metrics for proficient storage management. Keep track of usage, free space, and error rates to prevent disk space issues.



This collector is supported on all platforms.

This collector supports collecting metrics from multiple instances of this integration, including remote instances.


Disk space can be monitored further using the following other integrations:

- [eBPF Disk](/src/collectors/ebpf.plugin/integrations/ebpf_disk.md)

### Default Behavior

#### Auto-Detection

The plugin reads data from `/proc/self/mountinfo` and `/proc/diskstats file`.

#### Limits

The default configuration for this integration does not impose any limits on data collection.

#### Performance Impact

The default configuration for this integration is not expected to impose a significant performance impact on the system.

## Setup


### Prerequisites

No action required.

### Configuration

#### Options

You can also specify per mount point `[plugin:proc:diskspace:mountpoint]`

<details open><summary>Config options</summary>



| Option | Description | Default | Required |
|:-----|:------------|:--------|:---------:|
| update every | Data collection frequency. | 1 | no |
| remove charts of unmounted disks | Remove chart when a device is unmounted on host. | yes | no |
| check for new mount points every | Parse proc files frequency. | 15s | no |
| exclude space metrics on paths | Do not show metrics (charts) for listed paths. This option accepts netdata simple pattern. | /proc/* /sys/* /var/run/user/* /run/user/* /snap/* /var/lib/docker/* | no |
| exclude space metrics on filesystems | Do not show metrics (charts) for listed filesystems. This option accepts netdata simple pattern. | *gvfs *gluster* *s3fs *ipfs *davfs2 *httpfs *sshfs *gdfs *moosefs fusectl autofs | no |
| exclude inode metrics on filesystems | Do not show metrics (charts) for listed filesystems. This option accepts netdata simple pattern. | msdosfs msdos vfat overlayfs aufs* *unionfs | no |
| space usage for all disks | Define if plugin will show metrics for space usage. When value is set to `auto` plugin will try to access information to display if filesystem or path was not discarded with previous option. | auto | no |
| inodes usage for all disks | Define if plugin will show metrics for inode usage. When value is set to `auto` plugin will try to access information to display if filesystem or path was not discarded with previous option. | auto | no |


</details>



#### via File

The configuration file name for this integration is `netdata.conf`.
Configuration for this specific integration is located in the `[plugin:proc:diskspace]` section within that file.

The file format is a modified INI syntax. The general structure is:

```ini
[section1]
    option1 = some value
    option2 = some other value

[section2]
    option3 = some third value
```
You can edit the configuration file using the [`edit-config`](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#edit-configuration-files) script from the
Netdata [config directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/docs/netdata-agent/configuration/README.md#locate-your-config-directory).

```bash
cd /etc/netdata 2>/dev/null || cd /opt/netdata/etc/netdata
sudo ./edit-config netdata.conf
```

##### Examples
There are no configuration examples.



## Alerts


The following alerts are available:

| Alert name  | On metric | Description |
|:------------|:----------|:------------|
| [ disk_space_usage ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/disks.conf) | disk.space | disk ${label:mount_point} space utilization |
| [ disk_inode_usage ](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/src/health/health.d/disks.conf) | disk.inodes | disk ${label:mount_point} inode utilization |


## Metrics

Metrics grouped by *scope*.

The scope defines the instance that the metric belongs to. An instance is uniquely identified by a set of labels.



### Per mount point



Labels:

| Label      | Description     |
|:-----------|:----------------|
| mount_point | Path used to mount a filesystem |
| filesystem | The filesystem used to format a partition. |
| mount_root | Root directory where mount points are present. |

Metrics:

| Metric | Dimensions | Unit |
|:------|:----------|:----|
| disk.space | avail, used, reserved_for_root | GiB |
| disk.inodes | avail, used, reserved_for_root | inodes |


