diff --git a/playbooks/files/chaosknoten/configs/grafana/docker_compose/prometheus_alerts.rules.yaml b/playbooks/files/chaosknoten/configs/grafana/docker_compose/prometheus_alerts.rules.yaml
index 1c06485..284c7ec 100644
--- a/playbooks/files/chaosknoten/configs/grafana/docker_compose/prometheus_alerts.rules.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/files/chaosknoten/configs/grafana/docker_compose/prometheus_alerts.rules.yaml
@@ -44,22 +44,39 @@ groups:
     annotations:
       summary: Host unusual network throughput out (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
       description: "Host network interfaces are probably sending too much data (> 100 MB/s)\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}"
-  - alert: HostUnusualDiskReadRate
-    expr: (sum by (instance) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[2m])) / 1024 / 1024 > 50) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{nodename=~".+"}
+  # Have different disk read and write rate alerts for VMs and physical machines.
+  - alert: VirtualHostUnusualDiskReadRate
+    expr: (sum by (instance) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[2m])) / 1024 / 1024 > 50) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{ype="virtual_machine", nodename=~".+"}
     for: 5m
     labels:
       severity: warning
     annotations:
-      summary: Host unusual disk read rate (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
+      summary: Virtual host unusual disk read rate (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
       description: "Disk is probably reading too much data (> 50 MB/s)\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}"
-  - alert: HostUnusualDiskWriteRate
-    expr: (sum by (instance) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[2m])) / 1024 / 1024 > 50) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{nodename=~".+"}
+  - alert: VirtualHostUnusualDiskWriteRate
+    expr: (sum by (instance) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[2m])) / 1024 / 1024 > 50) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{type="virtual_machine", nodename=~".+"}
     for: 2m
     labels:
       severity: warning
     annotations:
-      summary: Host unusual disk write rate (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
+      summary: Virtual host unusual disk write rate (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
       description: "Disk is probably writing too much data (> 50 MB/s)\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}"
+  - alert: PhysicalHostUnusualDiskReadRate
+    expr: (sum by (instance) (rate(node_disk_read_bytes_total[2m])) / 1024 / 1024 > 100) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{type="physical_machine", nodename=~".+"}
+    for: 20m
+    labels:
+      severity: warning
+    annotations:
+      summary: Physical host unusual disk read rate (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
+      description: "Disk is probably reading too much data (> 100 MB/s)\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}"
+  - alert: PhysicalHostUnusualDiskWriteRate
+    expr: (sum by (instance) (rate(node_disk_written_bytes_total[2m])) / 1024 / 1024 > 100) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{type="physical_machine", nodename=~".+"}
+    for: 15m
+    labels:
+      severity: warning
+    annotations:
+      summary: Physical host unusual disk write rate (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
+      description: "Disk is probably writing too much data (> 100 MB/s)\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}"
   # Please add ignored mountpoints in node_exporter parameters like
   # "--collector.filesystem.ignored-mount-points=^/(sys|proc|dev|run)($|/)".
   # Same rule using "node_filesystem_free_bytes" will fire when disk fills for non-root users.
@@ -156,13 +173,30 @@ groups:
     annotations:
       summary: Host CPU high iowait (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
       description: "CPU iowait > 10%. A high iowait means that you are disk or network bound.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}"
-  - alert: HostUnusualDiskIo
-    expr: (rate(node_disk_io_time_seconds_total[1m]) > 0.5) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{nodename=~".+"}
+  # Have different disk IO alerts for VMs and physical machines and for physical machines different ones for hard and other disks.
+  - alert: PhysicalHostUnusualHardDiskIo
+    expr: (rate(node_disk_io_time_seconds_total{device=~"s.+"}[1m]) > 0.75) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{type="physical_machine", nodename=~".+"}
     for: 5m
     labels:
       severity: warning
     annotations:
-      summary: Host unusual disk IO (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
+      summary: Physical host unusual hard disk IO (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
+      description: "Time spent in IO is too high on {{ $labels.instance }}. Check storage for issues.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}"
+  - alert: PhysicalHostUnusualOtherDiskIo
+    expr: (rate(node_disk_io_time_seconds_total{device!~"s.+"}[1m]) > 0.5) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{type="physical_machine", nodename=~".+"}
+    for: 5m
+    labels:
+      severity: warning
+    annotations:
+      summary: Physical host unusual other (non-hard) disk IO (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
+      description: "Time spent in IO is too high on {{ $labels.instance }}. Check storage for issues.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}"
+  - alert: VirtualHostUnusualDiskIo
+    expr: (rate(node_disk_io_time_seconds_total[1m]) > 0.5) * on(instance) group_left (nodename) node_uname_info{type="virtual_machine", nodename=~".+"}
+    for: 5m
+    labels:
+      severity: warning
+    annotations:
+      summary: Virtual host unusual disk IO (instance {{ $labels.instance }})
       description: "Time spent in IO is too high on {{ $labels.instance }}. Check storage for issues.\n  VALUE = {{ $value }}"
   # # x2 context switches is an arbitrary number.
   # # The alert threshold depends on the nature of the application.