Administrator Guide

Create a Directory Quota Rule
Quota rules can be set on empty directories only. After the rule is set, it can be edited or deleted, but cannot be turned o. When a
rule is deleted, the directory reverts back to normal directory behavior. To create a directory quota rule:
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
4. In the right pane, click Quota Rules → Create Directory Quota Rule. The Create Directory Quota Rule dialog box appears.
5. Enter a directory folder, or click Select Folder to display a list of available folders.
6. To enable a soft quota limit, select the Soft Quota check box and type a soft quota limit in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or
terabytes (TB) at which an alert will be issued.
7. To enable a hard quota limit, select the Hard Quota check box and type a hard quota limit in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB),
or terabytes (TB) at which no more writing to the directory tree will be permitted.
8. Click OK.
Edit the Soft Quota or Hard Quota Settings for a Quota Directory
Administrators can enable or disable the hard and soft quota limits as well as change the quota values for a quota directory.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
4. In the right pane, click the Quotas tab.
5. Select a quota rule and click Edit Settings. The Edit Settings dialog box appears.
6. To delete the soft quota rule, clear the Soft Quota Enabled check box.
7. To delete the hard quota rule, clear the Hard Quota Enabled check box.
8. To change the soft quota limit, type a new soft quota limit in kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB)
at which an alert will be issued.
9. To change the hard quota limit, type a new hard quota limit in kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes
(TB) at which no more writing to the NAS volume will be permitted.
10. Click OK.
NOTE:
After setting up or changing a soft or hard quota limit on a quota directory, the space usage value displayed on an SMB/
Windows client is a function of the quota usage, but the NFS mount points space usage reporting remains a function of the
directory tree usage.
Delete Quota Settings for a Quota Directory
Administrators can delete quota rules for a quota directory.
1. Click the Storage view and select a FluidFS cluster.
2. Click the File System tab.
3. In the File System tab navigation pane, expand NAS Volumes and select a NAS volume.
4. In the right pane, click the Quotas tab.
5. Select a quota rule and click Delete. The Delete conrmation dialog box appears.
6. Click OK.
About Data Reduction
The FluidFS cluster supports two types of data reduction:
• Data deduplication – Uses algorithms to eliminate redundant data, leaving only one copy of the data to be stored. The FluidFS
cluster uses variable-size block level deduplication as opposed to le level deduplication or xed-size block level deduplication.
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