diff --git a/LibreNMS/Config.php b/LibreNMS/Config.php
index e6a8d7007f..ebe4d24095 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/Config.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/Config.php
@@ -81,20 +81,42 @@ class Config
 
     /**
      * Get a setting from the $config['os'] array using the os of the given device
-     * The sames as Config::get("os.{$device['os']}.$key")
+     * If that is not set, fallback to the same global config key
      *
-     * @param array $device Device array
+     * @param string $os The os name
      * @param string $key period separated config variable name
      * @param mixed $default optional value to return if the setting is not set
      * @return mixed
      */
-    public static function getOsSetting($device, $key, $default = null)
+    public static function getOsSetting($os, $key, $default = null)
     {
-        if (!isset($device['os'])) {
-            return $default;
+        if ($os) {
+            $os_key = "os.$os.$key";
+
+            if (self::has($os_key)) {
+                return self::get($os_key);
+            }
         }
 
-        return self::get("os.{$device['os']}.$key", $default);
+        return self::get($key, $default);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the merged array from the global and os settings for the specified key.
+     * Removes any duplicates.
+     * When the arrays have keys, os settings take precedence over global settings
+     *
+     * @param string $os The os name
+     * @param string $key period separated config variable name
+     * @param array $default optional array to return if the setting is not set
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public static function getCombined($os, $key, $default = array())
+    {
+        return array_unique(array_merge(
+            (array)self::get($key, $default),
+            (array)self::getOsSetting($os, $key, $default)
+        ));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/doc/Developing/Support-New-OS.md b/doc/Developing/Support-New-OS.md
index cc22aff24f..8c97b245cc 100644
--- a/doc/Developing/Support-New-OS.md
+++ b/doc/Developing/Support-New-OS.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ During all of these examples we will be using the OS of `pulse` as the example O
 >  - [Adding Wireless Sensor information.](os/Wireless-Sensors.md)
 >  - [Adding custom graphs.](os/Custom-Graphs.md)
 >  - [Adding Unit tests (required).](os/Test-Units.md)
+>  - [Optional Settings](os/Settings.md)
 
 We currently have a script in pre-beta stages that can help speed up the process of deploying a new OS.
 It has support for add sensors in a basic form (except state sensors).
@@ -20,4 +21,4 @@ It will be of the type network and belongs to the vendor, Cisco:
 `./scripts/new-os.php -h 101 -o test-os -t network -v cisco`
 
 The process will then step you through the process with some more questions. Please be warned, this is 
-currently pre-beta and may cause some issues. Please let us know of any on IRC.
\ No newline at end of file
+currently pre-beta and may cause some issues. Please let us know of any on IRC.
diff --git a/doc/Developing/os/Settings.md b/doc/Developing/os/Settings.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ae5194626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/Developing/os/Settings.md
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+source: os/Settings.md
+# Optional OS Settings
+
+This page documents settings that can be set in the os yaml files or in config.php.
+All settings listed here are optional. If they are not set, the global default will be used.
+
+Users can override these settings in their config.php.
+
+For example, to set an alternate icon for ios:
+```php
+$config['os']['ios']['icon'] = 'fuzzybunny';
+```
+
+
+### Storage Settings
+See also: [Global Storage Config](../../Support/Configuration.md#storage-configuration)
+
+```yaml
+ignore_mount array: # exact match
+    - /var/run
+ignore_mount_string: # substring
+    - run
+ignore_mount_regexp: # regex
+    - "/^\/var/"
+```
diff --git a/includes/discovery/functions.inc.php b/includes/discovery/functions.inc.php
index f3a868e31c..fdfd915470 100644
--- a/includes/discovery/functions.inc.php
+++ b/includes/discovery/functions.inc.php
@@ -995,28 +995,31 @@ function get_toner_capacity($raw_capacity)
 }
 
 /**
- * @param string $descr
- * @return bool
+ * Should we ignore this storage device based on teh description? (usually the mount path or drive)
+ *
+ * @param string $os The OS of the device
+ * @param string $descr The description of the storage
+ * @return boolean
  */
-function ignore_storage($descr)
+function ignore_storage($os, $descr)
 {
-    foreach (Config::get('ignore_mount', array()) as $bi) {
-        if ($bi == $descr) {
-            d_echo("$bi == $descr \n");
+    foreach (Config::getOsSetting($os, 'ignore_mount') as $im) {
+        if ($im == $descr) {
+            d_echo("ignored $descr (matched: $im)\n");
             return true;
         }
     }
 
-    foreach (Config::get('ignore_mount_string', array()) as $bi) {
-        if (str_contains($descr, $bi)) {
-            d_echo("strpos: $descr, $bi \n");
+    foreach (Config::getOsSetting($os, 'ignore_mount_string') as $ims) {
+        if (str_contains($descr, $ims)) {
+            d_echo("ignored $descr (matched: $ims)\n");
             return true;
         }
     }
 
-    foreach (Config::get('ignore_mount_regexp', array()) as $bi) {
-        if (preg_match($bi, $descr)) {
-            d_echo("preg_match $bi, $descr \n");
+    foreach (Config::getOsSetting($os, 'ignore_mount_regexp') as $imr) {
+        if (preg_match($imr, $descr)) {
+            d_echo("ignored $descr (matched: $imr)\n");
             return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/includes/discovery/storage/hrstorage.inc.php b/includes/discovery/storage/hrstorage.inc.php
index eac84061b5..669bed6302 100644
--- a/includes/discovery/storage/hrstorage.inc.php
+++ b/includes/discovery/storage/hrstorage.inc.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ if (is_array($hrstorage_array)) {
             continue;
         }
 
-        if (ignore_storage($descr)) {
+        if (ignore_storage($device['os'], $descr)) {
             continue;
         }
 
diff --git a/includes/discovery/storage/ucd-dsktable.inc.php b/includes/discovery/storage/ucd-dsktable.inc.php
index 90eceffcad..f247a2d461 100644
--- a/includes/discovery/storage/ucd-dsktable.inc.php
+++ b/includes/discovery/storage/ucd-dsktable.inc.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if (is_array($dsktable_array)) {
                 $dsk['dskAvail'] = ($entry['dskAvail'] * 1024);
                 $dsk['dskUsed'] = $dsk['dskTotal'] - $dsk['dskAvail'];
 
-                if (!ignore_storage($dsk['dskPath'])) {
+                if (ignore_storage($device['os'], $dsk['dskPath']) != 1) {
                     discover_storage($valid_storage, $device, $dsk['dskIndex'], 'dsk', 'ucd-dsktable', $dsk['dskPath'], $dsk['dskTotal'], 1024, $dsk['dskUsed']);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 331462a51e..904b1dc34b 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ pages:
       - Developing/os/Health-Information.md
       - Developing/os/Wireless-Sensors.md
       - Developing/os/Custom-Graphs.md
+      - Developing/os/Settings.md
       - Extensions/Agent-Setup.md
       - Extensions/Alerting.md
       - Extensions/metrics/InfluxDB.md
diff --git a/tests/ConfigTest.php b/tests/ConfigTest.php
index 5aab5c37bc..67a2adf6ea 100644
--- a/tests/ConfigTest.php
+++ b/tests/ConfigTest.php
@@ -80,13 +80,29 @@ class ConfigTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
     public function testGetOsSetting()
     {
         global $config;
-        $device = array('os' => 'nullos');
         $config['os']['nullos']['fancy'] = true;
+        $config['fallback'] = true;
 
-        $this->assertNull(Config::getOsSetting(array(), 'unset'), '$device array missing os should return null');
-        $this->assertNull(Config::getOsSetting($device, 'unset'), 'Non-existing settings should return null');
-        $this->assertFalse(Config::getOsSetting($device, 'unset', false), 'Non-existing settings should return $default');
-        $this->assertTrue(Config::getOsSetting($device, 'fancy'), 'Failed to get setting');
+        $this->assertNull(Config::getOsSetting(null, 'unset'), '$os is null, should return null');
+        $this->assertNull(Config::getOsSetting('nullos', 'unset'), 'Non-existing settings should return null');
+        $this->assertFalse(Config::getOsSetting('nullos', 'unset', false), 'Non-existing settings should return $default');
+        $this->assertTrue(Config::getOsSetting('nullos', 'fancy'), 'Failed to get setting');
+        $this->assertTrue(Config::getOsSetting('nullos', 'fallback'), 'Failed to fallback to global setting');
+    }
+
+    public function testGetCombined()
+    {
+        global $config;
+        $config['num'] = array('one', 'two');
+        $config['os']['nullos']['num'] = array('two', 'three');
+        $config['assoc'] = array('a' => 'same', 'b' => 'same');
+        $config['os']['nullos']['assoc'] = array('b' => 'different', 'c' => 'still same');
+
+        $combined =  Config::getCombined('nullos', 'num');
+        sort($combined);
+        $this->assertEquals(array('one', 'three', 'two'), $combined);
+
+        $this->assertSame(array('a' => 'same', 'b' => 'different', 'c' => 'still same'), Config::getCombined('nullos', 'assoc'));
     }
 
     public function testSet()