Azure fileshare NFS how can i monitor

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Azure fileshare NFS how can i monitor

Riju Kumar 80

I having a fileshare details are given below, how can i monitor and trigger the usage is more than 90 %

Size + performance

Provisioned capacity:256 GiB

Provisioned IOPS:3100

Burst IOPS: 10000

Provisioned throughput:135 MiB/s

Configuration

Protocol:NFS

Root squash

Tier:SSD

Redundancy:Locally-redundant storage (LRS)

Praveen Bandaru 11,635 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-02-23T14:08:04.25+00:00
Hello Riju Kumar

I understand that you're looking for ways to monitor your Azure file share and trigger alerts when usage exceeds 90%. Here’s a comprehensive approach you can consider:

Monitoring Azure Fileshare:

Azure Monitor: Utilize Azure Monitor to track the performance and usage metrics of your Azure file share. You can set up Alerts based on storage metrics, such as consumed capacity. To do this:

Go to the Azure portal.

Navigate to your Storage account and select the file share.

Under the Monitoring section, you can find Metrics.

Create a new metric alert where you can set conditions, e.g., when the percentage of used capacity exceeds 90%.

Alert Rules: Define alert rules to notify you when the consumption is more than 90%. You can use Action Groups to specify how you want to be notified, such as through email or SMS.

Diagnose and Solve Problems: Azure offers built-in diagnostics to identify potential issues with your file shares. You can run the Azure diagnostics and take necessary actions if alerts are triggered.

Always-On Diagnostics Tool: If using NFS, consider enabling the Always-On Diagnostics tool for your Linux clients. It collects logs and detects anomalies that could impact your usage metrics.

Monitoring Alerts Configuration Steps:

To create a Metric Alert:

In the Azure portal, go to your Storage account.

Select Alerts under the Monitoring section.

Click on + New alert rule.

Define the condition: Choose the resource (Your file share), signal type (Storage), and specify the metric (Capacity).

Set the threshold (e.g., greater than 90%).

Specify any Action Group for alerts.

Manual Tracking:

If you prefer a manual method to monitor usage:

Run a command similar to df -h on your connections to get the usage stats regularly.

Establish a cron job or script to check usage and send notifications if it crosses your threshold.

I hope the above answer helps you! Please let us know if you have any further questions.

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Riju Kumar 80 Reputation points

2026-02-24T06:39:38.53+00:00

For your information, this file share was not created from a storage account. In the Azure portal, we see a direct option for File Share (Preview), and I am unable to find any Ant storage account associated with it.
Riju Kumar 80 Reputation points

2026-02-25T05:03:11.1233333+00:00

Team,

Can you please help me on this?
Praveen Bandaru 11,635 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-02-25T11:24:46.1533333+00:00

Hello Riju Kumar
I have also initiated a private message. Please check it and provide the necessary information so we can discuss further on your concern.
Praveen Bandaru 11,635 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-02-26T13:55:17.5233333+00:00

Hello Riju Kumar

I just wanted to follow up and see if you had a chance to review my answer to your question. Please let us know if you found it useful, and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.

I hope the above answer helps you! Please let us know if you have any further questions.

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Praveen Bandaru 11,635 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-02-27T11:08:47.19+00:00

Hello Riju Kumar

I just wanted to follow up and see if you had a chance to review my answer to your question. Please let us know if you found it useful, and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.

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Riju Kumar 80 Reputation points

2026-02-24T06:39:38.53+00:00

For your information, this file share was not created from a storage account. In the Azure portal, we see a direct option for File Share (Preview), and I am unable to find any Ant storage account associated with it.
Riju Kumar 80 Reputation points

2026-02-25T05:03:11.1233333+00:00

Team,

Can you please help me on this?
Praveen Bandaru 11,635 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-02-25T11:24:46.1533333+00:00

Hello Riju Kumar
I have also initiated a private message. Please check it and provide the necessary information so we can discuss further on your concern.
Praveen Bandaru 11,635 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-02-26T13:55:17.5233333+00:00

Hello Riju Kumar

I just wanted to follow up and see if you had a chance to review my answer to your question. Please let us know if you found it useful, and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.

I hope the above answer helps you! Please let us know if you have any further questions.

Please don't forget to "upvote" where the information provided will help you, this can be beneficial to other members of the community.
Praveen Bandaru 11,635 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-02-27T11:08:47.19+00:00

Hello Riju Kumar

I just wanted to follow up and see if you had a chance to review my answer to your question. Please let us know if you found it useful, and don't hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions.

I hope the above answer helps you! Please let us know if you have any further questions.

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Answer 1

Hello Riju Kumar

Currently, Microsoft Azure’s design allows capacity and performance metrics for Azure File Shares, including those in preview, to be accessed only at the Storage Account level.

At this time, Azure does not provide the option to create metric-based alert rules for individual File Share resources. As a result, any monitoring or alerting must be set up at the Storage Account level.

This is by design; it will only work this way. If you have any suggestions, please share your valuable feedback with our product group team using the link below. They will review it and implement it in the future.

Feed Back link: https://feedback.azure.com/d365community

Note:

If you want to create an alert for pricing, please note that the Microsoft.FileShares resource provider and management model is currently available only for NFS file shares, which require SSD (premium) storage.

The preview supports only the provisioned v2 billing model, letting you specify the amount of storage, IOPS, and throughput needed for your file share. Your total bill is based on what you provision. When you create a new file share with the provisioned v2 model, we recommend the appropriate IOPS and throughput based on your specified storage. You can override these recommendations if you have different requirements.

Check the pricing calculator: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/pricing/calculator/?msockid=18fca9ac8ee26df23ec3bf288f986c41

I hope the above answer helps you! Please let us know if you have any further questions.

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Riju Kumar 80 Reputation points

2026-03-17T10:35:49.4733333+00:00

I understand that Azure File Share (Preview) currently does not provide a capacity monitoring feature. Could you please confirm this and share any expected timeline for its availability
Praveen Bandaru 11,635 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2026-03-17T17:09:55.4433333+00:00

Hello Riju Kumar

Thank you for your response. I checked internally, and they confirmed that there is currently no ETA for this. However, if the feature becomes available, you will receive an email notification.

Answer 2

To monitor your Azure Fileshare with NFS and trigger alerts when usage exceeds 90%, you can utilize Azure Monitor to set up alerts based on specific metrics related to your file share. Here’s how you can do it:

Open Azure Monitor: Navigate to the Azure portal and open Azure Monitor.
Create an Alert Rule: Go to the Alerts section and select "+ New alert rule".
Select Scope: In the Scope tab, select your storage account and the specific file share you want to monitor.
Condition: In the Condition tab, you will want to monitor the File Capacity metric. This metric indicates the used storage in bytes.
Set Threshold: Define the threshold for the alert. For example, if your provisioned capacity is 256 GiB, you will set the threshold to 230.4 GiB (which is 90% of 256 GiB).
Actions: In the Actions tab, you can add an action group to notify you via email, SMS, etc., when the alert is triggered.
Details: Fill in the details for the alert such as name, description, and severity.
Review and Create: Finally, review your settings and create the alert rule.

By following these steps, you will be able to monitor the usage of your Azure Fileshare and receive notifications when it exceeds 90% of the provisioned capacity.

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