Apple Xsan 1.4 - Manual (Page 115)

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If the user or group doesn’t appear in the drawer, open Directory Access and make sure
the computer is using the correct directory for authentication.
4 Select the user or group in the list and type their hard quota, soft quota, and grace
period in the fields below the list.
5 Click Save to enforce the specified quotas or Revert to restore the last saved values.
From the Command Line
You can also set user quotas using the cvadmin quotas set command in Terminal.
For more information, see the cvadmin man page or “Viewing or Changing Volume
and Storage Pool Settings (cvadmin)” on page 164.
About Xsan Quotas
Xsan enforces two disk space quotas for each user or group you choose to restrict: a
soft quota and a hard quota. You can set these in combination to establish clear limits
on the amount of storage a user or group can use while still allowing temporary access
to extra space for unexpected storage needs. You specify quotas individually for each
volume on a SAN. A user for whom no quotas are specified can use all available space
on a volume.
Soft Quota
The soft quota is the maximum space a user or group is expected to occupy on a
regular basis. It is “soft” because it can be exceeded by an amount up to the hard quota
for a grace period that you specify.