Disk

Supported OS Linux Mac OS Windows

Integration version7.0.0

Overview

Collect metrics related to disk usage and IO.

Setup

Installation

The disk check is included in the Datadog Agent package, so you don’t need to install anything else on your server.

Configuration

The Disk check is enabled by default, and the Agent collects metrics on all local partitions. To configure the check with custom options, edit the disk.d/conf.yaml file, in the conf.d/ folder at the root of your Agent’s configuration directory. See the sample disk.d/conf.yaml for all available configuration options.

Note for Windows hosts

There are three scenarios where the Disk check can be used:

  1. Monitoring physical drives

Monitoring physical drives that are represented by a disk letter (for example. C:, D:, etc.) is supported out of the box by the disk check without any special considerations.

  1. Monitoring nested mount points

Monitoring mounted folders within a filesystem requires Administrator permissions. This is because the underlying Windows function call FindFirstVolumeMountPoint requires administrative permissions. To collect those metrics without granting Administrator permissions to the Agent, use the PDH check to collect mount point metrics from the corresponding perf counters.

  1. Monitoring file shares

Collecting mount point metrics for file shares on Windows is only supported by using the create_mounts option in the configuration. On Windows, each mounted folder is only visible to the user who mounted the share. Therefore, the create_mounts option allows the Agent to create the mount points to monitor in the context of the Agent’s user.

Validation

Run the Agent’s status subcommand and look for disk under the Checks section.

Data Collected

Metrics

system.disk.free
(gauge)
The amount of disk space that is free.
Shown as byte
system.disk.in_use
(gauge)
The amount of disk space in use as a percent of the total.
Shown as fraction
system.disk.read_time
(count)
The time in ms spent reading per device
Shown as millisecond
system.disk.read_time_pct
(rate)
Percent of time spent reading from disk.
Shown as percent
system.disk.total
(gauge)
The total amount of disk space.
Shown as byte
system.disk.used
(gauge)
The amount of disk space in use.
Shown as byte
system.disk.utilized
(gauge)
The amount of disk space in use as a percentage of the total.
Shown as percent
system.disk.write_time
(count)
The time in ms spent writing per device.
Shown as millisecond
system.disk.write_time_pct
(rate)
Percent of time spent writing to disk.
Shown as percent
system.fs.inodes.free
(gauge)
The number of free inodes.
Shown as inode
system.fs.inodes.in_use
(gauge)
The number of inodes in use as a percent of the total.
Shown as fraction
system.fs.inodes.total
(gauge)
The total number of inodes.
Shown as inode
system.fs.inodes.used
(gauge)
The number of inodes in use.
Shown as inode
system.fs.inodes.utilized
(gauge)
The number of inodes in use as a percentage of the total.
Shown as percent

Events

The Disk check does not include any events.

Service Checks

disk.read_write

Returns CRITICAL if filesystem is in read-only mode.

Note: This service check is not enabled by default. To enable the service check, set service_check_rw to true in the disk check’s conf.yaml file.


Statuses: ok, critical, unknown

Troubleshooting

Need help? Contact Datadog support.