Apple Xsan 1.0 - Manual (Page 62)

62 Chapter 4 Managing Clients and Users
Soft Quotas Change to Hard Quotas
If a user or group exceeds their soft quota for a time longer than their grace period, the
soft quota is changed to a hard quota, and they will not be able to save additional data
on the volume until they delete old files and return below the soft quota.
Example
Suppose you assign Aldo a soft quota of 75 GB, a hard quota of 100 GB, and a grace
period of 48 hours. Aldo’s files can occupy up to 75 GB of space at any time, for as long
as he needs them. If Aldo is surprised by additional or unusually large files, he can still
copy them to the volume, up to a total of 100 GB. He then has 48 hours to remove files
and return below the 75 GB soft limit. If he is still using more than 75 GB after 48 hours,
Xsan resets his hard quota to 75 GB and he is forced to reduce his storage use. Aldo is
unable to copy or save additional files to the volume until he deletes enough to return
below the 75 GB quota.
Checking Quota Use
See “Checking User Quota Use” on page 71.
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