User Guide

Add a user quota onto a file system
Create a user quota on a file system to limit or track the amount of storage space that individual users consume on that file
system. When you create or modify user quotas, you can use default hard and soft limits that are set at the file-system level.
Prerequisites
You must enable Quotas and set the User Quota defaults before you can add a User Quota to a files system. See Enable User
Quotas.
NOTE: You cannot create quotas for read-only file systems.
Steps
1. Select Storage > File Systems > [file system] > Quotas > User.
2. Select Add on the User Quota page.
3. In the Add User Quota wizard, provide the requested information. To track space consumption without setting limits, set
Soft Limit and Hard Limit to 0, which indicates no limit.
4. Select Add.
Add a quota tree onto a file system
About this task
Create a quota tree at the directory level of a file system to limit or track the total storage space that is consumed for that
directory.
Steps
1. Select Storage > File Systems > [file system] > Quotas > Tree Quotas.
2. Select Add.
3. Slide the Enforce User Quota to the right to enabled User Quota defaults on the Tree Quota.
4. Provide the requested information.
● Enter a Grace Period to count down the time between the soft and hard limit. You will begin to receive alerts once the
grace period is reached.
● To track space consumption without setting limits, set the Soft Limit and Hard Limit fields to 0, which indicates no
limit.
5. Select Add.
Add a user quota onto a quota tree
Create a user quota on a quota tree to limit or track the amount of storage space that individual users consume on that tree.
When you create user quotas on a tree, you can to use the default grace period and default hard and soft limits that are set at
the tree-quota level.
Steps
1. Select Storage > File Systems > [file system] > Quotas > Tree Quotas.
2. Select a path, and click Add User Quota.
3. On the Add User Quota screen, provide the requested information. To track space consumption without setting limits, set
the Soft Limit and Hard Limit fields to 0, which indicates no limit.
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