Dell Unity: Quota Trees May Not Be Nested Within A Single Directory
Summary: Quota trees may not be nested within a single directory.
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Dell Unity supports file system user quotas, quota trees, and quota tree user quotas. All three types of quotas can coexist on the same file system and may be used in conjunction to achieve finer grained control over storage usage.
Quota trees limit the maximum size of a particular directory in a file system. Unlike user quotas, which are applied and tracked on a user-by-user basis, quota trees are applied to directories within the file system. On Dell Unity, quota trees can be applied on new or existing directories.
Quota trees may not be nested within a single directory. For example, if a quota tree is created on /directory1, another quota tree cannot be created on /directory1/subdirectory1. However, it is possible to have quota trees on /directory2, /directory3, and so on. Once a quota tree has been created, it is also possible to create additional user quotas within that specific directory. Like file system level user quotas, the administrator has the option to enforce user quotas specific to this directory and set the default quota limits for the directory.
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Dell EMC Unity, Dell EMC Unity Family |Dell EMC Unity All Flash, Dell EMC Unity HybridArticle Properties
Article Number: 000019210
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 04 Nov 2025
Version: 5
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