Determining a metric considering unallocated virtual storage space and remaining physical storage space to use to determine whether to generate a low space alert

A system for managing storage space in a storage system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer readable storage medium having code executed by the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• determining provisioned storage space comprising storage space allocated to at least one application, wherein applications may use less than all the provisioned storage space;
• determining available storage space comprising all installed storage space available for use by the at least one application having allocated storage space;
• determining allocated storage space comprising storage space used by the applications;
• determining an allocation metric as a function of the provisioned storage space, the allocated storage space, and the available storage space;
• and
• using the determined allocation metric to determine whether to generate a storage space related alert.

A method for managing storage space in a storage system, comprising:

• determining provisioned storage space comprising storage space allocated to at least one application, wherein applications may use less than all the provisioned storage space;
• determining available storage space comprising all installed storage space available for use by the at least one application having allocated storage space;
• determining allocated storage space comprising storage space used by the applications;
• determining an allocation metric as a function of the provisioned storage space, the allocated storage space, and the available storage space;
• and
• using the determined allocation metric to determine whether to generate a storage space related alert.