diff --git a/helm/jupyterhub-home-nfs/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/jupyterhub-home-nfs/templates/deployment.yaml
index 0d54440..d9e8781 100644
--- a/helm/jupyterhub-home-nfs/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/jupyterhub-home-nfs/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@ spec:
     metadata:
       labels:
         app: nfs-server
+        # The component label is used by the shared volume free space panel
+        # in jupyterhub/grafana-dashboards
+        # https://github.com/jupyterhub/grafana-dashboards/blob/18ba92d98cd297951673850a4c92507479ec4ca2/dashboards/jupyterhub.jsonnet#L322
+        component: shared-volume-metrics
+      annotations:
+        {{- if .Values.prometheusExporter.enabled }}
+        prometheus.io/scrape: "true"
+        prometheus.io/port: "9100"
+        {{- end }}
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: nfs-server
@@ -35,6 +44,24 @@ spec:
         volumeMounts:
         - name: home-directories
           mountPath: /export
+      {{- if .Values.prometheusExporter.enabled }}
+      - name: metrics-exporter
+        image: "{{ .Values.prometheusExporter.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.prometheusExporter.image.tag }}"
+        args:
+        # Disable default collectors; we only want filesystem metrics
+        - --collector.disable-defaults
+        - --collector.filesystem
+        # Exclude some patterns of mount points to avoid collecting unnecessary metrics
+        - --collector.filesystem.mount-points-exclude=^/(dev|proc|sys|etc|var/run/.+|var/lib/docker/.+|var/lib/kubelet/.+)($|/)
+        ports:
+        - name: metrics
+          containerPort: 9100
+        volumeMounts:
+        - name: home-directories
+          # Mounting under /shared-volume to match path in dashboard definition in jupyterhub/grafana-dashboards
+          mountPath: /shared-volume
+          readOnly: true
+      {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: home-directories
         persistentVolumeClaim:
diff --git a/helm/jupyterhub-home-nfs/values.yaml b/helm/jupyterhub-home-nfs/values.yaml
index 499b6f4..6081ec2 100644
--- a/helm/jupyterhub-home-nfs/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/jupyterhub-home-nfs/values.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
+# NFS Ganesha configuration
+# NFS Ganesha is the user space NFS server that we use to serve the home directories
+
 nfsServer:
   image:
     repository: ghcr.io/2i2c-org/nfs-ganesha
     tag: 0.0.6
 
+# Quota enforcer configuration
+# This container enforces the quota on the home directories
+
 quotaEnforcer:
   image:
     repository: ghcr.io/2i2c-org/get-quota-your-home
@@ -11,7 +17,20 @@ quotaEnforcer:
   # quota in GB
   hardQuota: "10"
 
+# Prometheus exporter configuration
+# We export disk usage metrics using the Prometheus node exporter
+
+prometheusExporter:
+  enabled: true
+  image:
+    repository: quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter
+    tag: v1.8.2
+
+# Persistent volume configuration
+
 persistentVolume:
+  # The size should match the pre-provisioned disk size
+  # The pre-provisioned disk ID is specified below in the cloud provider specific configuration
   size: 10Gi
   storageClass: ""
   accessModes: