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Created on Nov 18, 2025

Add observability and alerting for queue full conditions on IBM Flashsytem arrays

Problem statement.

Pool response times reach up to 100ms but there is no insight as to the cause. IBM support were engaged and identified the cause to be queue full condition on the front-end per TS019735977.
It is a frustration to know there is a performance issue but there are not insights available to the user in in terms queue depth utilization in order for self service diagnosis.

Feature Request
Expose the Front-end queue depth metrics as telemetry data to help understand the cause of high pool response time.

Introduce a threshold alert on queue depth utilization to help pro-actively manage high workload scenarios.

Idea priority Medium