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Quota

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The CSG will provide file services to the networked equipment in the Division, as follows:

Student Disk quota: 250 megabytes

RA's: 850 megabytes

Faculty and Staff Disk quota: 15000 megabytes

Please see Mail Quota> for mail quota details.

  • Faculty can purchase additional quota for $10/month/Gig. So, to receive 16G of quota (your 15000 meg + 1024 meg more), it will cost $120/year.� This quota is total file space quota including group or project quota not in your home account.
  • Shared space or projects are setup on a by request basis.

    Every user has a disk usage quota, which limits the amount of disk space you can use. You can view your quota by logging into a Linux system and using the command quota -v.

    There is unique user quota assigned PER FILE SYSTEM. Be sure to check your quota for each file system you have write access to. From Windows, you can "right click" on the drive letter and select "Properties" to view your hard quota as well.

    Each user has a soft quota and a hard quota. If you exceed the soft quota, you will have seven days to reduce your disk usage. After that grace period, or immediately upon exceeding your hard quota, you will not be able to write to any of your files. When that happens, you will not be able to login to the console of any workstation. (You still can login remotely.) Also, any work you do may not be saved.

    To reduce your disk usage, delete or archive old, unused, or infrequently used files and directories. There are several archive and compression utilities available--do a man tar, man compress, and man gzip for details.

    Your account is intended to be used for educational and research purposes. If you exceed your quota, you may request more. (See the section The Request System.) However, if the CSG finds that your use of disk space does not seem to be primarily for educational or research purposes, it may deny your request.

    For more information about quota, use the command man quota.