Managing usage quotas

File Service Administration Guide for Hitachi NAS Platform

Version
14.9.x
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-92HNAS006-31

The Quotas by File System page lists usage quotas for the selected file system.

Navigate to Home > Storage Management > Quotas by File System to display the Quotas by File System page.


The following table describes the fields on this page:

Field/Item Description
EVS/File System Label

The name of the selected EVS and file system.

change Selects a different file system to display a different set of quotas.
Filter Displays quotas based on specific users or groups.
User/Group Account

A quota name can consist of:

  • A CIFS domain and user or group name, such as bb\Smith or bb\my_group (where bb is a domain, Smith is a user and my_group is a group).
  • An NFS user or group such as johns or finance (where johns is an NFS user and finance is an NFS group).

A name may be ‘0’ (if the quota was created for the owner of the directory at the root of the virtual volume).

File System The file system on which the quota applies.
Quota Type Type of file system activity. Possible values are User or Group.
Created By Lists the method of quota creation:
  • Automatically Created: A quota created using a quota default.
  • User Defined: A uniquely defined quota.
Usage Limit Overall limit set for the total size of all files in the file system owned by the target of the quota.
File Count Limit Overall limit set for the total number of files in the file system owned by the target of the quota.
details Displays the File System Quotas Details page for the selected file system.
add Advances to the Add File System Quota page.
delete Deletes a particular quota.
Delete All Quotas Deletes all of the current quotas. This option is only visible if more than one quota is configured.
Refresh cache Clears the NAS Manager cache and repopulates it with relevant objects. This is different from clicking the browser refresh button, which picks up any recent updates without clearing the cache.
User Defaults Use to set, edit, or reset the user defaults.
Group Defaults Use to set, edit, or reset the group defaults.
Modify Email Contacts Use to add or delete email contacts who are notified when the file system exceeds its size threshold.
Download Quotas Use to download the quotas (not file system quotas) for this virtual volume to a .csv file.