Monitoring storage utilization - FSx for ONTAP
Monitor storage in the console

Monitoring storage utilization

You can monitor your file system's SSD storage capacity utilization using a variety of AWS and NetApp tools. Using Amazon CloudWatch you can monitor storage capacity utilization and set alarms to alert you when storage capacity utilization reaches a customizable threshold.

Note

We recommend that you don't exceed 80% storage capacity utilization of your SSD storage tier. This ensures that tiering functions properly, and provides overhead for new data. If your SSD storage tier is consistently above 80% storage capacity utilization, you can increase your SSD storage tier's capacity. For more information, see Updating SSD storage capacity and IOPS.

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Monitoring storage utilization in the Amazon FSx console

You can view a file system's available SSD tier storage and how the file system's overall storage is distributed in the Amazon FSx console. The Available SSD storage capacity graph displays the amount of available SSD-based storage capacity on a file system over time. The Storage distribution graph shows how a file system's overall storage capacity is currently distributed over 3 categories:

  • Capacity pool tier

  • SSD tier - available

  • SSD tier - used

To view a file system's available SSD tier storage capacity and storage distribution (console)

  1. Open the Amazon FSx console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/fsx/.

  2. Choose File systems in the left-hand navigation column, then choose the ONTAP file system that you want to view storage capacity information for. The file system detail page appears.

  3. In the second panel, choose the Monitoring tab. The Available SSD storage capacity and Storage distribution graphs are displayed along with several other graphs.

    Image of a volume's Available storage graph in the Monitoring tab, as seen in the Amazon FSx console.
    Image of a volume's Storage distribution graph in the Monitoring tab, as seen in the Amazon FSx console.