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Storage Insights provides a very lightweight data collector that is deployed on a customer supplied server. This can be either a Linux, Windows, or AIX server, or a guest in a virtual machine (for example, a VMware guest). 

The data collector streams performance, capacity, asset, and configuration metadata to your IBM Cloud instance. 

The metadata flows in one direction: from your data center to IBM Cloud over HTTPS. In the IBM Cloud, your metadata is protected by physical, organizational, access, and security controls. IBM Storage Insights is ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management certified. 

## What metadata is collected 

Metadata about the configuration and operations of storage resources is collected: 

GLYPH<SM590000> Name, model, firmware, and type of storage system 

GLYPH<SM590000> Inventory and configuration metadata for the storage system’s re sources, such as volumes, pools, disks, and ports 

GLYPH<SM590000> Capacity values, such as capacity, unassigned space, used space and the compression ratio 

GLYPH<SM590000> Performance metrics, such as read and write data rates, I/O rates, and response times 

GLYPH<SM590000> The actual application data that is stored on the storage systems can’t be accessed by the data collector 

## Who can access the metadata 

Access to the metadata that is collected is restricted to the following users: 

GLYPH<SM590000> The customer who owns the dashboard 

GLYPH<SM590000> The administrators who are authorized to access the dashboard, such as the customer’s operations team 

