# Usage of ephemeral storage

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/usage-of-ephemeral-storage/8580>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [November 5, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/usage-of-ephemeral-storage/8580 "2019-11-05T15:02:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![tretos53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@tretos53](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/tretos53)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/usage-of-ephemeral-storage/8580/1 "2019-11-05T15:02:16Z")

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Hi,

when I specify below on my pod, is it possible to see how much is in use from requested ephemeral-storage? Is it as simple as the root size of the node ?

```
resources:
  limits:
    ephemeral-storage: 5Gi
  requests:
    ephemeral-storage: 5Gi

```

In prometheus, below metrics don’t provide much info:

```
container_fs_usage_bytes
container_fs_limit_bytes
pod_name:container_fs_usage_bytes:sum
```