Veritas File System 4.1 Administrator's Guide (HP-UX 11i v3, February 2007)

The VERITAS File System
Quotas
Chapter 118
Quotas
VxFS supports quotas, which allocate per-user quotas and limit the use of two principal resources: files and
data blocks. You 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. A user can never exceed the hard
limit under any circumstances.
• The soft limit is lower than the hard limit and can 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.
See “Quota Limits” on page 112 for details on using VxFS quotas.