Dell PowerStore 1200T EMC PowerStore Configuring NFS - Page 22

Table 3. Hard and Soft Limits (continued) Type Descriptions The user is alerted when the soft limit is reached, until the grace period is over. After that, an out of space condition is reached until the user gets back under the soft limit. Quota Grace Period The Quota Grace Period, provides the ability to set a specific grace period to each tree quota on a file system. The grace period counts down the time between the soft and hard limit, and alerts the user about the time remaining before the hard limit is met. If the grace period expires you can not write to the file system until more space has been added, even if the hard limit has not been met. You can set an expiration date for the Grace Period. The default is 7 days, alternatively you can set the Grace Period expiration date to an infinite amount of time and the Grace Period will never expire, or for specified number of days, hours or minutes. Once the Grace Period expiration date is met, the Grace Period will no longer apply to the File System directory. Additional information For more information on quotas, see the Dell EMC PowerStore File Capabilities White Paper. Enable User Quotas You must enable Quotas and set the User Quota defaults before you can add a User Quota to a files system. 1. Select Storage > File Systems > [file system] > Quotas. 2. Select Storage > File Systems > [file system] > Quotas > Properties. 3. Slide the Disabled button to the right until it is Enabled. 4. Enter the default Grace Period for the user quota on the file system which will count down time after the soft limit is met until the hard limit will be met. 5. Enter a default Soft Limit, and a default Hard Limit and click Update. 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. 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. 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 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. 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. 22 More file system features