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name: storage-management description: Manage storage devices and resources in Proxmox. Monitor storage usage, allocate resources, and plan storage expansion for your virtualization infrastructure.

Storage Management Skill

Manage and optimize storage in your Proxmox environment.

What this skill does

This skill enables you to:

• List all storage devices in the cluster
• Get storage device details and capacity
• Monitor storage usage and utilization
• Track storage allocation per VM/container
• Analyze storage performance
• Plan storage expansion
• Manage storage pools
• Monitor storage health
• Identify storage bottlenecks
• Generate storage reports

When to use this skill

Use this skill when you need to:

• Check available storage capacity
• Monitor storage utilization
• Plan storage expansion
• Analyze storage performance
• Troubleshoot storage issues
• Allocate storage to VMs/containers
• Monitor storage device health
• Generate capacity planning reports
• Optimize storage allocation

Available Tools

• get_storage - Get all storage devices in the cluster
• get_node_storage - Get storage devices for a specific node

Typical Workflows

Storage Capacity Planning

1. Use get_storage to view all storage devices
2. Use get_node_storage for node-specific analysis
3. Analyze current usage and growth trends
4. Plan storage expansion or upgrades
5. Generate capacity report

Storage Monitoring

1. Use get_storage to view overall utilization
2. Use get_node_storage for detailed per-node analysis
3. Monitor critical thresholds
4. Track usage trends over time
5. Alert on capacity issues

Storage Optimization

1. Use get_storage to identify underutilized storage
2. Use get_node_storage to analyze node-level usage
3. Rebalance storage allocation
4. Archive or consolidate data
5. Optimize storage pool configuration

Storage Troubleshooting

1. Use get_storage to verify device availability
2. Use get_node_storage to diagnose node-specific issues
3. Check for I/O errors or performance degradation
4. Verify RAID status and redundancy
5. Analyze performance metrics

Example Questions

• "Show me all storage devices and their capacity"
• "What's the storage usage per node?"
• "Which storage devices are near capacity?"
• "How much free space do we have across all storage?"
• "Get storage capacity and planning report"
• "Are there any storage performance issues?"
• "Show storage allocation across the cluster"

Response Format

When using this skill, I provide:

• Storage device listings with capacity/usage
• Per-node storage analysis
• Utilization percentages and trends
• Available capacity summary
• Bottleneck identification
• Expansion recommendations

Best Practices

• Monitor storage capacity regularly
• Maintain 20-30% free space for performance
• Plan storage expansion proactively
• Implement redundancy for critical storage
• Monitor RAID health and status
• Use appropriate storage tiers for workload types
• Implement data archival policies
• Monitor I/O performance and latency
• Document storage configuration
• Test disaster recovery procedures
• Plan for future growth
• Use snapshots for backup and recovery