Adding a quota

Virtual Storage Platform One File Administrator User Guide
Version
1.7.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-24VSP1F003-10
ft:lastEdition
2026-07-13

You can create explicit user and group quotas, user and group quotas for virtual volumes, and quota for a virtual volume irrespective of user or groups.

  • Make sure that an Enterprise Virtual Server (EVS) is created.
  • Make sure that a file system is created and mounted.
  • If you want to apply the quota to a virtual volume, make sure that you have created a virtual volume in the selected EVS / File System as described in Creating a virtual volume.

The following video will walk you through creating a quota.

Video

  1. Navigate to Provisioning > Capacity > Quotas, and then click Create Quota.
  2. In the Create Quota pane, select the EVS and file system where you want to create the quota from the list of EVS instances.
  3. In the Virtual Volume option, select one of the following:
    • To create a quota for only a virtual volume or for a user or a group accessing a virtual volume, select Yes, and then select a virtual volume from the list.
    • To create a quota for an explicit user or group, accept the default No.
  4. Select one of the following quota types. The quota types available and the quotas that are created depend on the Virtual Volume option selection.
    Choice Description
    User

    Select this option and enter the user account name to create a user quota for the selected virtual volume or to create an explicit user quota.

    The valid input here is the domain\user for SMB or user for NFS.
    Group

    Select this option and enter the group account name to create a group quota for the selected virtual volume or to create an explicit group quota.

    The valid input here is the domain\group for SMB or group for NFS.
    Virtual Volume Creates virtual volume quota irrespective of a user or a group.
  5. In Usage, enter the usage limit of the user or group or virtual volume. Additionally, select the usage in KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, or PiB from the list.
  6. In File Count, set the file count limit of the user or group or virtual volume.
  7. Set the Hard Limit toggle to Yes to ensure that the usage limit or the file count is not exceeded or accept the default No, which does not enforce the limit.
    If the toggle is set to No, a warning alert is triggered when the limit is exceeded.
  8. Set the Alert Warning value to trigger a warning alert when the usage or file count limit reaches this value.
  9. Set the Alert Severe value to trigger a severe alert when the usage or file count limit reaches this value.
  10. Select the Log Quota Events in the managed servers Event Log checkbox to log all users or groups quota events in the event log for the managed server.
  11. Click Create.