A.5. Quotas

Quotas are also an important part of Xsan. A quota is the amount of space a user can utilize on the SAN. As an administrator, you can set hard and soft quotas for every user on the Xsan. A soft quota lets the user continue to save files when they pass their quota, but they will be warned that they are over their limit. When they reach the hard quota, they will not be able to save any more data until the administrator of the SAN gives them more space, or they delete some files. When users near their quotas, they will be alerted.

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