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PowerScale OneFS 9.8.0.0 Web Administration Guide

Default quota type

Default quotas automatically create other quotas for users, groups, or immediate subdirectories in a specified directory.

There are three default quota types that you can configure on a specified directory: default user, default group, and default directory. A default quota allows quota automation on an /ifs folder and specifies a policy for new entities that match a trigger. For example, if a default user quota is configured on the /ifs/dir1 folder, the default-user@/ifs/dir1 becomes specific-user@/ifs/dir1 for each specific-user that is not otherwise defined. Default-user quota enforcement is copied to a specific-user in the directory, and the inherited quota is called a linked quota. In this way, each user account gets its own usage accounting.

NOTE:Configuration changes for linked quotas must be made on the parent quota that the linked quota is inheriting from. Changes to the parent quota are propagated to all children. To override configuration from the parent quota, unlink the quota first.

If a default directory quota is configured on the /ifs/parent folder, any immediate subdirectory created within that directory automatically inherits quota configuration information from the default domain. Only immediate subdirectories inherit default directory quotas; a subdirectory within an immediate subdirectory (a second-level or deeper subdirectory) will not inherit the default directory quota. For example, you create a default-directory quota type on the /ifs/parent directory. Then you create the /ifs/parent/child subdirectory. This subdirectory inherits the default directory quota settings. Then you create the second-level /ifs/parent/child/grandchild subdirectory. This subdirectory does not inherit the default directory quota settings.

You cannot choose a default quota type using the Web UI. You can only create default quotas using the CLI. However, you can manage default quotas using the UI (modify the quota settings, link, and unlink subdirectories). Specific directory quotas that you configure take precedence over a default directory. For more information on creating default quotas, see the OneFS CLI Command Reference Guide.


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