HP JFS 3.3 and HP OnLineJFS 3.3 VERITAS File System 3.3 System Administrator's Guide

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The VxFS File System
Quotas
Quotas
VxFS supports the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) style user
quotas, which allocate per-user quotas and limit the use of two principal
resources: files and data blocks. The system administrator can assign
quotas for each of these resources. Each quota consists of two limits for
each resource:
• The hard limit represents an absolute limit on data blocks or files.
The user may never exceed the hard limit under any circumstances.
• The soft limit is lower than the hard limit and may be exceeded
for a limited amount of time. This allows users to temporarily exceed
limits as long as they fall under those limits before the allotted time
expires.
The system administrator is responsible for assigning hard and soft
limits to users. See “Quota Limits” for more information.