diff --git a/ctl/backup.go b/ctl/backup.go
index 3f42c0a61..ffcdd21a0 100644
--- a/ctl/backup.go
+++ b/ctl/backup.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/encoding/proto"
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/server"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/ricochet2200/go-disk-usage/du"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
@@ -145,6 +146,11 @@ func (cmd *BackupCommand) Run(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// Ensure there is enough free space
+	if err := cmd.checkFreeSpace(ctx); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("not enough disk space available: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	// Backup schema.
 	if err := cmd.backupSchema(ctx, schema); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("cannot back up schema: %w", err)
@@ -280,6 +286,25 @@ func (cmd *BackupCommand) backupIndexData(ctx context.Context, ii *pilosa.IndexI
 	return g.Wait()
 }
 
+// checkFreeSpace checks if there is enough space in the output directory to backup data
+func (cmd *BackupCommand) checkFreeSpace(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
+	freeSpace := du.NewDiskUsage(cmd.OutputDir).Free()
+	var usage pilosa.DiskUsage
+	if cmd.Index == "" {
+		usage, err = cmd.client.GetDiskUsage(ctx)
+	} else {
+		usage, err = cmd.client.GetIndexUsage(ctx, cmd.Index)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("getting size of data to be backed up: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	if freeSpace < uint64(usage.Usage) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("not enough disk space available, free: %v, index usage: %v", freeSpace, usage.Usage)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // backupShard backs up a single shard from a single index.
 func (cmd *BackupCommand) backupShard(ctx context.Context, indexName string, shard uint64) (err error) {
 	nodes, err := cmd.client.FragmentNodes(ctx, indexName, shard)
@@ -309,6 +334,7 @@ func (cmd *BackupCommand) backupShardNode(ctx context.Context, indexName string,
 		pilosa.WithClientRetryPeriod(cmd.RetryPeriod),
 		pilosa.WithSerializer(proto.Serializer{}))
 	rc, err := client.ShardReader(ctx, indexName, shard)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("fetching shard reader: %w", err)
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b237c5b1f..a1fdf677e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/prom2json v1.3.1
 	github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7
 	github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20200410134404-eec4a21b6bb0 // indirect
+	github.com/ricochet2200/go-disk-usage/du v0.0.0-20210707232629-ac9918953285
 	github.com/satori/go.uuid v1.2.0
 	github.com/segmentio/kafka-go v0.4.29
 	github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v3 v3.22.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d42e374c7..4b4928098 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -923,6 +923,8 @@ github.com/rakyll/statik v0.1.7/go.mod h1:AlZONWzMtEnMs7W4e/1LURLiI49pIMmp6V9Ung
 github.com/rcrowley/go-metrics v0.0.0-20181016184325-3113b8401b8a/go.mod h1:bCqnVzQkZxMG4s8nGwiZ5l3QUCyqpo9Y+/ZMZ9VjZe4=
 github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20200410134404-eec4a21b6bb0 h1:OdAsTTz6OkFY5QxjkYwrChwuRruF69c169dPK26NUlk=
 github.com/remyoudompheng/bigfft v0.0.0-20200410134404-eec4a21b6bb0/go.mod h1:qqbHyh8v60DhA7CoWK5oRCqLrMHRGoxYCSS9EjAz6Eo=
+github.com/ricochet2200/go-disk-usage/du v0.0.0-20210707232629-ac9918953285 h1:d54EL9l+XteliUfUCGsEwwuk65dmmxX85VXF+9T6+50=
+github.com/ricochet2200/go-disk-usage/du v0.0.0-20210707232629-ac9918953285/go.mod h1:fxIDly1xtudczrZeOOlfaUvd2OPb2qZAPuWdU2BsBTk=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v0.0.0-20150106093220-6724a57986af/go.mod h1:XWv6SoW27p1b0cqNHllgS5HIMJraePCO15w5zCzIWYg=
 github.com/rogpeppe/fastuuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:jVj6XXZzXRy/MSR5jhDC/2q6DgLz+nrA6LYCDYWNEvQ=
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.1.0/go.mod h1:M8bDsm7K2OlrFYOpmOWEs/qY81heoFRclV5y23lUDJ4=
diff --git a/http_handler.go b/http_handler.go
index a60ea5e25..dd6f90f80 100644
--- a/http_handler.go
+++ b/http_handler.go
@@ -538,6 +538,7 @@ func newRouter(handler *Handler) http.Handler {
 	// other ones
 	router.HandleFunc("/internal/mem-usage", handler.chkAuthZ(handler.handleGetMemUsage, authz.Read)).Methods("GET").Name("GetUsage")
 	router.HandleFunc("/internal/disk-usage", handler.chkAuthZ(handler.handleGetDiskUsage, authz.Read)).Methods("GET").Name("GetUsage")
+	router.HandleFunc("/internal/disk-usage/{index}", handler.chkAuthZ(handler.handleGetDiskUsage, authz.Read)).Methods("GET").Name("GetUsage")
 	router.HandleFunc("/internal/fragment/block/data", handler.chkAuthN(handler.handleGetFragmentBlockData)).Methods("GET").Name("GetFragmentBlockData")
 	router.HandleFunc("/internal/fragment/blocks", handler.chkAuthN(handler.handleGetFragmentBlocks)).Methods("GET").Name("GetFragmentBlocks")
 	router.HandleFunc("/internal/fragment/data", handler.chkAuthN(handler.handleGetFragmentData)).Methods("GET").Name("GetFragmentData")
@@ -1163,7 +1164,13 @@ func (h *Handler) handleGetDiskUsage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	use, err := GetDiskUsage(h.api.server.dataDir)
+	u := h.api.server.dataDir
+	indexName, ok := mux.Vars(r)["index"]
+	if ok {
+		u = fmt.Sprintf("%s/indexes/%s", u, indexName)
+	}
+
+	use, err := GetDiskUsage(u)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
diff --git a/internal_client.go b/internal_client.go
index 0056e4f31..f834f2ed0 100644
--- a/internal_client.go
+++ b/internal_client.go
@@ -2477,3 +2477,59 @@ func (c *InternalClient) OAuthConfig() (rsp oauth2.Config, err error) {
 
 	return rsp, nil
 }
+
+// GetDiskUsage gets the size of data directory across all nodes.
+func (c *InternalClient) GetDiskUsage(ctx context.Context) (DiskUsage, error) {
+	span, ctx := tracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "InternalClient.GetDiskUsage")
+	defer span.Finish()
+	return c.getDiskUsage(ctx, "")
+}
+
+// GetIndexUsage gets the size of an index across all nodes.
+func (c *InternalClient) GetIndexUsage(ctx context.Context, index string) (DiskUsage, error) {
+	span, ctx := tracing.StartSpanFromContext(ctx, "InternalClient.GetIndexUsage")
+	defer span.Finish()
+	return c.getDiskUsage(ctx, index)
+}
+
+// getDiskUsage returns size of data directory if index is zero value.
+func (c *InternalClient) getDiskUsage(ctx context.Context, index string) (DiskUsage, error) {
+	nodes, err := c.Nodes(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		return DiskUsage{}, fmt.Errorf("getting nodes: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	var sum DiskUsage
+	for _, node := range nodes {
+		path := "/internal/disk-usage"
+		if index != "" {
+			path = path + "/" + index
+		}
+		u := uriPathToURL(&node.URI, path)
+
+		req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
+		if err != nil {
+			return DiskUsage{}, errors.Wrap(err, "creating request")
+		}
+
+		req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "pilosa/"+Version)
+		req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
+		AddAuthToken(ctx, &req.Header)
+
+		// Execute request.
+		resp, err := c.executeRequest(req.WithContext(ctx))
+		if err != nil {
+			return DiskUsage{}, err
+		}
+		defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+		var rsp DiskUsage
+		if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&rsp); err != nil {
+			return DiskUsage{}, fmt.Errorf("json decode: %s", err)
+		}
+
+		sum.Usage += rsp.Usage
+	}
+
+	return sum, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal_client_test.go b/internal_client_test.go
index d768b465c..ee3040d32 100644
--- a/internal_client_test.go
+++ b/internal_client_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ import (
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/pql"
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/server"
 	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/test"
+	"github.com/molecula/featurebase/v3/vprint"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/ricochet2200/go-disk-usage/du"
 )
 
 // Test distributed TopN Row count across 3 nodes.
@@ -1029,6 +1031,16 @@ func TestClient_ImportValue(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("unexpected values: got max=%v, count=%v; expected max=40, cnt=1", vc.Val, vc.Count)
 	}
 
+	// Calculate Data Usage before Import
+	preDUsage, err := c.GetDiskUsage(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	preIUsage, err := c.GetIndexUsage(context.Background(), "i")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
 	// Send import request.
 	req = &pilosa.ImportValueRequest{
 		Index:     "i",
@@ -1040,6 +1052,28 @@ func TestClient_ImportValue(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
+	// Check Equivalent growth in data directory and index
+	postDUsage, err := c.GetDiskUsage(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	postIUsage, err := c.GetIndexUsage(context.Background(), "i")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	freeSpace := du.NewDiskUsage("/dev/disk1s5").Free()
+	vprint.VV("freespace: %+v", freeSpace)
+
+	if (postDUsage.Usage - preDUsage.Usage) != (postIUsage.Usage - preIUsage.Usage) {
+		t.Errorf("expected size of data directory to grow the same amount as size of index: Before Import: disk usage: %v, index usage: %v, After Import: disk usage: %v, index usage: %v", preDUsage.Usage, preIUsage.Usage, postDUsage.Usage, preIUsage.Usage)
+		return
+	}
+	if postDUsage.Usage <= postIUsage.Usage {
+		t.Errorf("expected disk usage to be greater than index usage")
+		return
+	}
+
 	// Verify Sum.
 	if resp, err := c.Query(context.Background(), "i", &pilosa.QueryRequest{Query: `Sum(field=f)`}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)