diff --git a/serialization_data_server/Gemfile b/serialization_data_server/Gemfile
index d0bd09fa..5e465da3 100644
--- a/serialization_data_server/Gemfile
+++ b/serialization_data_server/Gemfile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ gem "thin"
 gem "sinatra"
 gem "redis"
 gem "rake"
+gem "sys-filesystem"
 
 gem 'vcap_common', '>= 1.0.8', :require => ['vcap/common', 'vcap/component']
 gem 'vcap_logging', '>=0.1.3', :require => ['vcap/logging']
diff --git a/serialization_data_server/Gemfile.lock b/serialization_data_server/Gemfile.lock
index abe5edaf..0bb60667 100644
--- a/serialization_data_server/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/serialization_data_server/Gemfile.lock
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ GEM
     daemons (1.1.5)
     diff-lcs (1.1.3)
     eventmachine (0.12.11.cloudfoundry.3)
+    ffi (1.0.11)
     json_pure (1.6.5)
     multi_json (1.0.4)
     nats (0.4.22.beta.8)
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ GEM
       rack (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.4)
       rack-protection (~> 1.1, >= 1.1.2)
       tilt (~> 1.3, >= 1.3.3)
+    sys-filesystem (1.0.0)
+      ffi (= 1.0.11)
     thin (1.3.1)
       daemons (>= 1.0.9)
       eventmachine (>= 0.12.6)
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   simplecov
   simplecov-rcov
   sinatra
+  sys-filesystem
   thin
   uuidtools
   vcap_common (>= 1.0.8)
diff --git a/serialization_data_server/lib/server.rb b/serialization_data_server/lib/server.rb
index 5a5e920e..11f8c29b 100644
--- a/serialization_data_server/lib/server.rb
+++ b/serialization_data_server/lib/server.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2009-2011 VMware, Inc.
+require "eventmachine"
+require "vcap/common"
+require "vcap/component"
 require "sinatra"
 require "nats/client"
 require "redis"
 require "json"
+require "sys/filesystem"
+include Sys
 
 $LOAD_PATH.unshift File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', '..', 'mysql')
 
@@ -40,8 +45,26 @@ def initialize(opts)
       end
     end
     @nats = NATS.connect(:uri => opts[:mbus]) {
+      VCAP::Component.register(
+        :nats => @nats,
+        :type => "SerializationDataServer",
+        :index => opts[:index] || 0,
+        :config => opts
+      )
+
       on_connect_nats
     }
+
+    z_interval = opts[:z_interval] || 30
+    EM.add_periodic_timer(z_interval) do
+      EM.defer { update_varz }
+    end if @nats
+
+    # Defer 5 seconds to give service a change to wake up
+    EM.add_timer(5) do
+      EM.defer { update_varz }
+    end if @nats
+
     Kernel.at_exit do
       if EM.reactor_running?
         send_deactivation_notice(false)
@@ -65,6 +88,30 @@ def on_connect_nats()
     @redis = connect_redis
   end
 
+  def varz_details()
+    varz = {}
+    # check NFS disk free space
+    free_space = 0
+    begin
+      stats = Filesystem.stat("#{@base_dir}")
+      avail_blocks = stats.blocks_available
+      total_blocks = stats.blocks
+      free_space = format("%.2f", avail_blocks.to_f / total_blocks.to_f * 100)
+    rescue => e
+      @logger.error("Failed to get filesystem info of #{@base_dir}: #{e}")
+    end
+    varz[:nfs_free_space] = free_space
+
+    varz
+  end
+
+  def update_varz()
+    varz = varz_details
+    varz.each { |k, v|
+      VCAP::Component.varz[k] = v
+    }
+  end
+
   def connect_redis()
     redis_config = %w(host port password).inject({}){|res, o| res[o.to_sym] = @opts[:redis][o]; res}
     Redis.new(redis_config)
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