diff --git a/metrics-collector/README.md b/metrics-collector/README.md
index ca95b3ce..4f43d951 100644
--- a/metrics-collector/README.md
+++ b/metrics-collector/README.md
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ Best is to create IBM Cloud Logs Board, in order to visualize the CPU and Memory
 1. Below the graph Add a new plot`cpu.usage` as field and choose `ANY` as field values
 ![Configure Graph plots](./images/configure-plots.png)
 1. Add another plot for the field `memory.usage` and values `ANY`
-1. Add another plot for the field `ephemeral_storage.usage` and values `ANY`
 1. Finally delete the plot `metrics:instance-resources` and adjust the plot colors to your likings
 ![Resource Usage graph](./images/resource-usage-graph.png)
 1. The usage graph above renders the utilization in % of the CPU and Memory
@@ -94,8 +93,8 @@ Best is to create IBM Cloud Logs Board, in order to visualize the CPU and Memory
 
 
 
-#### Add ephemaral storage utilization
-1. Duplicate the graph, change its name to Memory and replace its plots with `ephemeral_storage.configured` and `ephemeral_storage.current`.
-1. The resulting graph will render the actual ephemeral storage usage compared to the configured limit. The the unit is MB (1000 -> 1 GB).
-![](./images/memory-utilization.png)
+#### Add disk utilization
+1. Duplicate the graph or create a new one, change its name to "Disk usage" and replace its plots with `disk_usage.current`.
+1. The resulting graph will render the actual disk usage. While this does not allow to identify the usage of disk space compared with the configured ephemeral storage limit, this graph gives an impression on whether the disk usage is growing over time. The the unit is MB (1000 -> 1 GB).
+![](./images/disk-utilization.png)
 
diff --git a/metrics-collector/main.go b/metrics-collector/main.go
index 84af0128..063bc9a0 100644
--- a/metrics-collector/main.go
+++ b/metrics-collector/main.go
@@ -69,20 +69,20 @@ func (s ComponentType) String() string {
 
 type ResourceStats struct {
 	Current    int64 `json:"current"`
-	Configured int64 `json:"configured"`
-	Usage      int64 `json:"usage"`
+	Configured int64 `json:"configured,omitempty"`
+	Usage      int64 `json:"usage,omitempty"`
 }
 
 type InstanceResourceStats struct {
-	Metric           string        `json:"metric"`
-	Name             string        `json:"name"`
-	Parent           string        `json:"parent"`
-	ComponentType    string        `json:"component_type"`
-	ComponentName    string        `json:"component_name"`
-	Cpu              ResourceStats `json:"cpu"`
-	Memory           ResourceStats `json:"memory"`
-	EphemeralStorage ResourceStats `json:"ephemeral_storage"`
-	Message          string        `json:"message"`
+	Metric        string        `json:"metric"`
+	Name          string        `json:"name"`
+	Parent        string        `json:"parent"`
+	ComponentType string        `json:"component_type"`
+	ComponentName string        `json:"component_name"`
+	Cpu           ResourceStats `json:"cpu"`
+	Memory        ResourceStats `json:"memory"`
+	DiskUsage     ResourceStats `json:"disk_usage"`
+	Message       string        `json:"message"`
 }
 
 // Helper function that retrieves all pods and all pod metrics
@@ -176,12 +176,12 @@ func collectInstanceMetrics() {
 
 				userContainerName := getUserContainerName(componentType, *pod)
 
-				// determine the actual ephemeral storage usage
+				// determine the actual disk usage
 				storageCurrent := obtainDiskUsage(coreClientset, namespace, podMetric.Name, userContainerName, config)
-				stats.EphemeralStorage.Current = int64(storageCurrent)
+				stats.DiskUsage.Current = int64(storageCurrent)
 
-				// extract memory, cpu and ephemeral storage limits
-				cpu, memory, storage := getCpuMemoryAndStorageLimits(userContainerName, *pod)
+				// extract memory and cpu limits
+				cpu, memory := getCpuAndMemoryLimits(userContainerName, *pod)
 
 				cpuLimit := cpu.ToDec().AsApproximateFloat64() * 1000
 				stats.Cpu.Configured = int64(cpuLimit)
@@ -190,15 +190,10 @@ func collectInstanceMetrics() {
 				memoryLimit := memory.ToDec().AsApproximateFloat64() / 1000 / 1000
 				stats.Memory.Configured = int64(memoryLimit)
 				stats.Memory.Usage = int64(memoryCurrent / memoryLimit * 100)
-
-				storageLimit := storage.ToDec().AsApproximateFloat64() / 1000 / 1000
-				stats.EphemeralStorage.Configured = int64(storageLimit)
-				stats.EphemeralStorage.Usage = int64(storageCurrent / storageLimit * 100)
-
 			}
 
 			// Compose the log line message
-			stats.Message = "Captured metrics of " + stats.ComponentType + " instance '" + stats.Name + "': " + fmt.Sprintf("%d", stats.Cpu.Current) + "m vCPU, " + fmt.Sprintf("%d", stats.Memory.Current) + " MB memory, " + fmt.Sprintf("%d", stats.EphemeralStorage.Current) + " MB ephemeral storage"
+			stats.Message = "Captured metrics of " + stats.ComponentType + " instance '" + stats.Name + "': " + fmt.Sprintf("%d", stats.Cpu.Current) + "m vCPU, " + fmt.Sprintf("%d", stats.Memory.Current) + " MB memory, " + fmt.Sprintf("%d", stats.DiskUsage.Current) + " MB disk usage"
 
 			// Write the stringified JSON struct and make use of IBM Cloud Logs built-in parsing mechanism,
 			// which allows to annotate log lines by providing a JSON object instead of a simple string
@@ -380,22 +375,21 @@ func getUserContainerName(componentType ComponentType, pod v1.Pod) string {
 }
 
 // Helper function to extract CPU and Memory limits from the pod spec
-func getCpuMemoryAndStorageLimits(containerName string, pod v1.Pod) (*resource.Quantity, *resource.Quantity, *resource.Quantity) {
+func getCpuAndMemoryLimits(containerName string, pod v1.Pod) (*resource.Quantity, *resource.Quantity) {
 
 	if len(containerName) == 0 {
-		return nil, nil, nil
+		return nil, nil
 	}
 
 	for _, container := range pod.Spec.Containers {
 		if container.Name == containerName {
 			cpuLimit := container.Resources.Limits.Cpu()
 			memoryLimit := container.Resources.Limits.Memory()
-			storageLimit := container.Resources.Limits.StorageEphemeral()
-			return cpuLimit, memoryLimit, storageLimit
+			return cpuLimit, memoryLimit
 		}
 	}
 
-	return nil, nil, nil
+	return nil, nil
 }
 
 // Helper function that converts any object into a JSON string representation