Capacity metrics Use IBM Spectrum® Control to collect and view capacity metrics about the storage systems in your environment. Capacity metrics for block storage systemsTo review trends in capacity and space usage for block storage, you can add metrics to capacity charts. These charts help you detect capacity shortages and monitor space usage patterns across different storage systems.Capacity metrics for file storage systemsTo review trends in capacity and space usage for file storage systems, you add metrics to capacity charts. You use the charts for filesets, file systems, and file system pools to detect capacity shortages and space usage trends.Capacity metrics for object storage systems To review trends in capacity and space usage for object storage systems, you add metrics to capacity charts. Use the charts for containers to detect capacity shortages and space usage trends for the containers in your object storage systems. Capacity metrics for tiersReview trends in the capacity and space usage for tiers. You use the charts to detect capacity shortages and space usage for the tiers in your storage environment.Parent topic: Monitoring the capacity of resources