diff --git a/commands.go b/commands.go
index fcc36a526..9937e49aa 100644
--- a/commands.go
+++ b/commands.go
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ func runController(c *cli.Context) {
 		if err != nil {
 			Fatalln(err)
 		}
-		Println(disks)
+		Println(string(disks))
 	case "mem":
 		memstats, err := controller.GetMemStats(c.Args().Tail().First())
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/controller/client.go b/pkg/controller/client.go
index 4f3c479fc..2db2742dc 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/client.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/client.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // GetDisks get disks info of the server at given url
-func GetDisks(url string) ([]string, error) {
+func GetDisks(url string) ([]byte, error) {
 	op := RPCOps{
 		Method:  "DiskInfo.Get",
 		Request: rpc.Args{Request: ""},
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func GetDisks(url string) ([]string, error) {
 	if err := jsonrpc.DecodeClientResponse(resp.Body, &reply); err != nil {
 		return nil, iodine.New(err, nil)
 	}
-	return reply.Disks, nil
+	return json.MarshalIndent(reply, "", "\t")
 }
 
 // GetMemStats get memory status of the server at given url
diff --git a/pkg/server/rpc/diskinfo.go b/pkg/server/rpc/diskinfo.go
index db036a561..181c697be 100644
--- a/pkg/server/rpc/diskinfo.go
+++ b/pkg/server/rpc/diskinfo.go
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ type DiskInfoService struct{}
 // DiskInfoReply disk info reply for disk info service
 type DiskInfoReply struct {
 	Hostname       string                     `json:"hostname"`
+	Mounts         map[string]scsi.Mountinfo  `json:"mounts"`
 	Disks          []string                   `json:"disks"`
-	DiskAttributes map[string]scsi.Attributes `json:"disk-attrs"`
+	DiskAttributes map[string]scsi.Attributes `json:"-"` // for the time being not unmarshalling this
 }
 
 func setDiskInfoReply(sis *DiskInfoReply) error {
@@ -40,11 +41,19 @@ func setDiskInfoReply(sis *DiskInfoReply) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return iodine.New(err, nil)
 	}
+	mounts, err := scsi.GetMountInfo()
+	if err != nil {
+		return iodine.New(err, nil)
+	}
+	sis.Mounts = make(map[string]scsi.Mountinfo)
+	sis.Mounts = mounts
+
 	disks, err := scsi.GetDisks()
 	if err != nil {
 		return iodine.New(err, nil)
 	}
 	sis.DiskAttributes = make(map[string]scsi.Attributes)
+
 	for k, v := range disks {
 		sis.Disks = append(sis.Disks, k)
 		sis.DiskAttributes[k] = v
diff --git a/pkg/utils/scsi/mountinfo.go b/pkg/utils/scsi/mountinfo.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2dcc457f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/utils/scsi/mountinfo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+// +build linux
+
+/*
+ * Mini Object Storage, (C) 2014 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package scsi
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"errors"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/minio/minio/pkg/iodine"
+)
+
+// Mountinfo container to capture /etc/mtab mount structure
+type Mountinfo struct {
+	FSName string /* name of mounted filesystem */
+	Dir    string /* filesystem path prefix */
+	Type   string /* mount type (see mntent.h) */
+	Opts   string /* mount options (see mntent.h) */
+	Freq   int    /* dump frequency in days */
+	Passno int    /* pass number on parallel fsck */
+}
+
+var supportedFSType = map[string]bool{
+	"ext4":  true,
+	"xfs":   true,
+	"ext3":  true,
+	"btrfs": true,
+	"tmpfs": true,
+	"nfs":   true,
+}
+
+func isSupportedType(t string) bool {
+	_, ok := supportedFSType[t]
+	return ok
+}
+
+// GetMountInfo - get mount info map
+func GetMountInfo() (map[string]Mountinfo, error) {
+	f, err := os.Open("/etc/mtab")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, iodine.New(err, nil)
+	}
+	mntEnt := make(map[string]Mountinfo)
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(f)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		mtabEnt := strings.Split(scanner.Text(), " ")
+		mntInfo := Mountinfo{}
+		if len(mtabEnt) == 6 {
+			var err error
+			if !isSupportedType(mtabEnt[2]) {
+				continue
+			}
+			mntInfo.FSName, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(mtabEnt[0])
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			mntInfo.Dir = mtabEnt[1]
+			mntInfo.Type = mtabEnt[2]
+			mntInfo.Opts = mtabEnt[3]
+			mntInfo.Freq, err = strconv.Atoi(mtabEnt[4])
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			mntInfo.Passno, err = strconv.Atoi(mtabEnt[5])
+			if err != nil {
+				continue
+			}
+			mntEnt[mntInfo.FSName] = mntInfo
+		}
+	}
+	return mntEnt, nil
+}
+
+// IsUsable provides a comprehensive way of knowing if the provided mountPath is mounted and writable
+func IsUsable(mountPath string) (bool, error) {
+	mntpoint, err := os.Stat(mountPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, iodine.New(err, nil)
+	}
+	parent, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(mountPath, ".."))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, iodine.New(err, nil)
+	}
+	mntpointSt := mntpoint.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
+	parentSt := parent.Sys().(*syscall.Stat_t)
+
+	if mntpointSt.Dev == parentSt.Dev {
+		return false, iodine.New(errors.New("not mounted"), nil)
+	}
+	testFile, err := ioutil.TempFile(mountPath, "writetest-")
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, iodine.New(err, nil)
+	}
+	testFileName := testFile.Name()
+	// close the file, to avoid leaky fd's
+	testFile.Close()
+	if err := os.Remove(testFileName); err != nil {
+		return false, iodine.New(err, nil)
+	}
+	return true, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/scsi/scsi_test.go b/pkg/utils/scsi/scsi_test.go
index e8086a554..997e8fb8d 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/scsi/scsi_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/scsi/scsi_test.go
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ func (s *MySuite) TestSCSI(c *C) {
 	_, err := GetDisks()
 	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
 }
+
+func (s *MySuite) TestMountInfo(c *C) {
+	_, err := GetMountInfo()
+	c.Assert(err, IsNil)
+}