Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) for Observability
May 28, 2026 ยท View on GitHub
CSM for Observability is part of the CSM (Container Storage Modules) open-source suite of Kubernetes storage enablers for Dell products.
It is an OpenTelemetry agent that collects array-level metrics for Dell storage so they can be scraped into a Prometheus database. With CSM for Observability, you will gain visibility not only on the capacity of the volumes/file shares you manage with Dell CSI (Container Storage Interface) drivers but also their performance in terms of bandwidth, IOPS, and response time.
Thanks to pre-packaged Grafana dashboards, you will be able to go through these metrics history and see the topology between a Kubernetes PV (Persistent Volume) and its translation as a LUN or file share in the backend array. This module also allows Kubernetes admins to collect array level metrics to check the overall capacity and performance directly from the Prometheus/Grafana tools rather than interfacing directly with the storage system itself.
Table of Contents
- Code of Conduct
- Maintainer Guide
- Committer Guide
- Contributing Guide
- List of Adopters
- Dell support
- Security
- About
Versioning
This project is adhering to Semantic Versioning.
About
Dell Container Storage Modules (CSM) is 100% open source and community-driven. All components are available under Apache 2 License on GitHub.