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On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:50:11 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> Then I want to tell the system how much storage I want for what purpose. |
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> If Joe Blow is to get 20G of storage for his ~, I want to tell the |
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> system there is a thing called joeb and it has a hard quota of 20G. The |
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> software must then go and do all the magic, because I am tired of doing |
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> the magic myself. |
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It's a shame there appears to be no equivalent of a soft quota in ZFS. |
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Maybe it is the use of the term quota that is misleading, when in reality |
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it is more akin to volume size. |
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> I suppose the main attraction can be summed up thusly: ZFS lets me stop |
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> being the human in a place where a computer belongs :-) |
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+1 on all but the quota thing. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Mouse: (n.) an input device used by management to force computer users to |
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keep at least a part of their desks clean. |
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