diff --git a/doc/metrics.md b/doc/metrics.md
index a7f55689dd..16f4f42650 100644
--- a/doc/metrics.md
+++ b/doc/metrics.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ CDI operator status. Type: Gauge.
 Progress of volume population. Type: Counter.
 
 ### kubevirt_cdi_storageprofile_info
-`StorageProfiles` info labels: `storageclass`, `provisioner`, `complete` indicates if all storage profiles recommended PVC settings are complete, `default` indicates if it's the Kubernetes default storage class, `virtdefault` indicates if it's the default virtualization storage class, `rwx` indicates if the storage class supports `ReadWriteMany`, `smartclone` indicates if it supports snapshot or CSI based clone. Type: Gauge.
+`StorageProfiles` info labels: `storageclass`, `provisioner`, `complete` indicates if all storage profiles recommended PVC settings are complete, `default` indicates if it's the Kubernetes default storage class, `virtdefault` indicates if it's the default virtualization storage class, `rwx` indicates if the storage class supports `ReadWriteMany`, `smartclone` indicates if it supports snapshot or CSI based clone, `degraded` indicates it is not optimal for virtualization. Type: Gauge.
 
 ### kubevirt_cdi_upload_pods_high_restart
 The number of CDI upload server pods with high restart count. Type: Gauge.
diff --git a/pkg/controller/storageprofile-controller.go b/pkg/controller/storageprofile-controller.go
index ab0165b9bb..8f318c7179 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/storageprofile-controller.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/storageprofile-controller.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
 	snapshotv1 "github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v6/apis/volumesnapshot/v1"
+	ocpconfigv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ const (
 	counterLabelVirtDefault      = "virtdefault"
 	counterLabelRWX              = "rwx"
 	counterLabelSmartClone       = "smartclone"
+	counterLabelDegraded         = "degraded"
 )
 
 // StorageProfileReconciler members
@@ -296,13 +298,26 @@ func (r *StorageProfileReconciler) computeMetrics(profile *cdiv1.StorageProfile,
 		return err
 	}
 
+	isSNO := false
+	clusterInfra := &ocpconfigv1.Infrastructure{}
+	if err := r.client.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: "cluster"}, clusterInfra); err != nil {
+		if !meta.IsNoMatchError(err) && !k8serrors.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return err
+		}
+	} else {
+		isSNO = clusterInfra.Status.ControlPlaneTopology == ocpconfigv1.SingleReplicaTopologyMode &&
+			clusterInfra.Status.InfrastructureTopology == ocpconfigv1.SingleReplicaTopologyMode
+	}
+
+	isDegraded := (!isSNO && !isRWX) || !isSmartClone
+
 	// Setting the labeled Gauge to 1 will not delete older metric, so we need to explicitly delete them
 	scLabels := prometheus.Labels{counterLabelStorageClass: storageClass, counterLabelProvisioner: provisioner}
 	metricsDeleted := metrics.DeleteStorageProfileStatus(scLabels)
-	scLabels = createLabels(storageClass, provisioner, isComplete, isDefault, isVirtDefault, isRWX, isSmartClone)
+	scLabels = createLabels(storageClass, provisioner, isComplete, isDefault, isVirtDefault, isRWX, isSmartClone, isDegraded)
 	metrics.SetStorageProfileStatus(scLabels, 1)
-	r.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Set metric:%s complete:%t default:%t vdefault:%t rwx:%t smartclone:%t (deleted %d)",
-		storageClass, isComplete, isDefault, isVirtDefault, isRWX, isSmartClone, metricsDeleted))
+	r.log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Set metric:%s complete:%t default:%t vdefault:%t rwx:%t smartclone:%t degraded:%t (deleted %d)",
+		storageClass, isComplete, isDefault, isVirtDefault, isRWX, isSmartClone, isDegraded, metricsDeleted))
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -335,7 +350,7 @@ func (r *StorageProfileReconciler) hasSmartClone(sp *cdiv1.StorageProfile) (bool
 	return false, nil
 }
 
-func createLabels(storageClass, provisioner string, isComplete, isDefault, isVirtDefault, isRWX, isSmartClone bool) prometheus.Labels {
+func createLabels(storageClass, provisioner string, isComplete, isDefault, isVirtDefault, isRWX, isSmartClone, isDegraded bool) prometheus.Labels {
 	return prometheus.Labels{
 		counterLabelStorageClass: storageClass,
 		counterLabelProvisioner:  provisioner,
@@ -344,6 +359,7 @@ func createLabels(storageClass, provisioner string, isComplete, isDefault, isVir
 		counterLabelVirtDefault:  strconv.FormatBool(isVirtDefault),
 		counterLabelRWX:          strconv.FormatBool(isRWX),
 		counterLabelSmartClone:   strconv.FormatBool(isSmartClone),
+		counterLabelDegraded:     strconv.FormatBool(isDegraded),
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/controller/storageprofile-controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/storageprofile-controller_test.go
index ffa8a88add..dd13b3bf6b 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/storageprofile-controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/storageprofile-controller_test.go
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
 	snapshotv1 "github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-snapshotter/client/v6/apis/volumesnapshot/v1"
+	ocpconfigv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	storagev1 "k8s.io/api/storage/v1"
 	extv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -52,6 +54,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	storageClassName  = "testSC"
 	snapshotClassName = "testSnapClass"
+	provisionerName   = "testProvisioner"
 	cephProvisioner   = "rook-ceph.rbd.csi.ceph.com"
 )
 
@@ -471,7 +474,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Storage profile controller reconcile loop", func() {
 		Entry("provisioner that is known to prefer csi clone", "csi-powermax.dellemc.com", cdiv1.CloneStrategyCsiClone, false),
 	)
 
-	DescribeTable("Should set the StorageProfileStatus metric correctly", func(provisioner string, count int) {
+	DescribeTable("Should set the StorageProfileStatus metric correctly", func(provisioner string, isComplete bool, count int) {
 		storageClass := CreateStorageClassWithProvisioner(storageClassName, map[string]string{AnnDefaultStorageClass: "true"}, map[string]string{}, provisioner)
 		reconciler = createStorageProfileReconciler(storageClass)
 		_, err := reconciler.Reconcile(context.TODO(), reconcile.Request{NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{Name: storageClassName}})
@@ -484,12 +487,60 @@ var _ = Describe("Storage profile controller reconcile loop", func() {
 		Expect(*sp.Status.StorageClass).To(Equal(storageClassName))
 		Expect(sp.Status.ClaimPropertySets).To(BeEmpty())
 
-		labels := createLabels(storageClassName, provisioner, false, true, false, false, false)
+		labels := createLabels(storageClassName, provisioner, isComplete, true, false, false, false, true)
 		Expect(int(metrics.GetStorageProfileStatus(labels))).To(Equal(count))
 	},
-		Entry("Noobaa (not supported)", storagecapabilities.ProvisionerNoobaa, 0),
-		Entry("Unknown provisioner", "unknown-provisioner", 1),
+		Entry("Noobaa (not supported)", storagecapabilities.ProvisionerNoobaa, false, 0),
+		Entry("Noobaa (not supported)", storagecapabilities.ProvisionerNoobaa, true, 1),
+		Entry("Unknown provisioner", "unknown-provisioner", false, 1),
+		Entry("Unknown provisioner", "unknown-provisioner", true, 0),
 	)
+
+	DescribeTable("Should set the StorageProfileStatus degraded state correctly", func(accessMode v1.PersistentVolumeAccessMode, isSNO, isDegraded bool) {
+		storageClass := CreateStorageClassWithProvisioner(storageClassName, nil, nil, provisionerName)
+		driver := &storagev1.CSIDriver{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: provisionerName}}
+		clusterInfra := &ocpconfigv1.Infrastructure{}
+		if isSNO {
+			clusterInfra.Name = "cluster"
+			clusterInfra.Status.ControlPlaneTopology = ocpconfigv1.SingleReplicaTopologyMode
+			clusterInfra.Status.InfrastructureTopology = ocpconfigv1.SingleReplicaTopologyMode
+		}
+		reconciler = createStorageProfileReconciler(storageClass, driver, clusterInfra)
+		_, err := reconciler.Reconcile(context.TODO(), reconcile.Request{NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{Name: storageClassName}})
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+		sp := &cdiv1.StorageProfile{}
+		err = reconciler.client.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: storageClassName}, sp, &client.GetOptions{})
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(*sp.Status.StorageClass).To(Equal(storageClassName))
+		Expect(sp.Status.ClaimPropertySets).To(BeEmpty())
+
+		sp.Spec.ClaimPropertySets = []cdiv1.ClaimPropertySet{
+			{
+				AccessModes: []v1.PersistentVolumeAccessMode{accessMode},
+				VolumeMode:  &BlockMode,
+			},
+		}
+
+		cloneStrategy := cdiv1.CloneStrategyCsiClone
+		sp.Spec.CloneStrategy = &cloneStrategy
+		err = reconciler.client.Update(context.TODO(), sp, &client.UpdateOptions{})
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+		_, err = reconciler.Reconcile(context.TODO(), reconcile.Request{NamespacedName: types.NamespacedName{Name: storageClassName}})
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		err = reconciler.client.Get(context.TODO(), types.NamespacedName{Name: storageClassName}, sp, &client.GetOptions{})
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+		Expect(sp.Status.ClaimPropertySets).ToNot(BeEmpty())
+
+		labels := createLabels(storageClassName, provisionerName, true, false, false, accessMode == v1.ReadWriteMany, true, isDegraded)
+		Expect(int(metrics.GetStorageProfileStatus(labels))).To(Equal(1))
+	},
+		Entry("With RWX, not degraded", v1.ReadWriteMany, false, false),
+		Entry("Without RWX, degraded", v1.ReadWriteOnce, false, true),
+		Entry("Without RWX, on SNO, not degraded", v1.ReadWriteOnce, true, false),
+	)
+
 })
 
 func createStorageProfileReconciler(objects ...runtime.Object) *StorageProfileReconciler {
@@ -508,6 +559,7 @@ func createStorageProfileReconciler(objects ...runtime.Object) *StorageProfileRe
 	_ = cdiv1.AddToScheme(s)
 	_ = snapshotv1.AddToScheme(s)
 	_ = extv1.AddToScheme(s)
+	_ = ocpconfigv1.Install(s)
 
 	// Create a fake client to mock API calls.
 	cl := fake.NewClientBuilder().WithScheme(s).WithRuntimeObjects(objs...).Build()
diff --git a/pkg/monitoring/metrics/cdi-controller/storageprofile.go b/pkg/monitoring/metrics/cdi-controller/storageprofile.go
index 235f2b2e69..74a3adb28a 100644
--- a/pkg/monitoring/metrics/cdi-controller/storageprofile.go
+++ b/pkg/monitoring/metrics/cdi-controller/storageprofile.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ const (
 	counterLabelVirtDefault  = "virtdefault"
 	counterLabelRWX          = "rwx"
 	counterLabelSmartClone   = "smartclone"
+	counterLabelDegraded     = "degraded"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ var (
 				"`default` indicates if it's the Kubernetes default storage class, " +
 				"`virtdefault` indicates if it's the default virtualization storage class, " +
 				"`rwx` indicates if the storage class supports `ReadWriteMany`, " +
-				"`smartclone` indicates if it supports snapshot or CSI based clone",
+				"`smartclone` indicates if it supports snapshot or CSI based clone, " +
+				"`degraded` indicates it is not optimal for virtualization",
 		},
 		[]string{
 			counterLabelStorageClass,
@@ -40,6 +42,7 @@ var (
 			counterLabelVirtDefault,
 			counterLabelRWX,
 			counterLabelSmartClone,
+			counterLabelDegraded,
 		},
 	)
 )
diff --git a/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/operator.go b/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/operator.go
index b2f7c6e50f..4d1338220a 100644
--- a/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/monitoring/rules/alerts/operator.go
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ var operatorAlerts = []promv1.Rule{
 	},
 	{
 		Alert: "CDIDefaultStorageClassDegraded",
-		Expr: intstr.FromString(`sum(kubevirt_cdi_storageprofile_info{default="true",rwx="true",smartclone="true"} or on() vector(0)) +
-								 sum(kubevirt_cdi_storageprofile_info{virtdefault="true",rwx="true",smartclone="true"} or on() vector(0)) +
+		Expr: intstr.FromString(`sum(kubevirt_cdi_storageprofile_info{default="true",degraded="false"} or on() vector(0)) +
+								 sum(kubevirt_cdi_storageprofile_info{virtdefault="true",degraded="false"} or on() vector(0)) +
 								 on () (0*(sum(kubevirt_cdi_storageprofile_info{default="true"}) or sum(kubevirt_cdi_storageprofile_info{virtdefault="true"}))) == 0`),
 		For: (*promv1.Duration)(ptr.To("5m")),
 		Annotations: map[string]string{
diff --git a/pkg/operator/resources/cluster/controller.go b/pkg/operator/resources/cluster/controller.go
index 277350de96..2760dd2015 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/resources/cluster/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/resources/cluster/controller.go
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ func getControllerClusterPolicyRules() []rbacv1.PolicyRule {
 			},
 			Resources: []string{
 				"proxies",
+				"infrastructures",
 			},
 			Verbs: []string{
 				"get",