How to send an Azure file share Available space Alert?

Question

I need to send an alert when an Azure file share reaches 80% capacity, but we can only set alerts at the storage account level, not for individual file shares. I attempted to get the total and used sizes using a PowerShell script, but I couldn't retrieve the used size of the file share. How can we send a Individual file share space alert when it reaches 80% capacity?

Answer 1

Hi Galipelly Rajashekar (Quadrant Resource LLC),

Thanks for reaching out over Q&A forum.

The below link talks about your use case however it is limited to premium file share and standard file shares.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/files-monitoring-alerts#how-to-create-an-alert-if-the-azure-file-share-size-is-80-of-capacity

Below is link to sample code piece to explore wherein you can get the file share capacity by traversing across multiple file and then set up a custom alert ahead based on the output.

https://github.com/Azure-Developer-Support/CodeRepository/blob/master/Storage/Powershell/AzureStorageFileShare_GetCapacityandQuota.ps1

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Answer 2

Hi Galipelly Rajashekar (Quadrant Resource LLC),

To send an alert when an Azure file share reaches 80% capacity, you can create an alert rule specifically for the file share. However, it's important to note that if you are using standard file shares, you won't be able to set alerts on individual file shares since per-share metrics aren't available. Instead, alerts for standard file shares are based on all file shares in the storage account.

If you are using premium file shares, please follow the below documentation.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/files/files-monitoring-alerts#how-to-create-an-alert-if-the-azure-file-share-size-is-80-of-capacity

If you are unable to use premium file shares and need to monitor standard file shares, consider restructuring your storage account to have one file share per storage account to enable individual monitoring. While this approach allows for individual monitoring, it may lead to increased management overhead and costs, as each storage account incurs its own charges.

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