8.3. Reporting Vs Enforcement

8.3. Reporting Vs Enforcement

Quotas can be used to monitor disk usage and optionally enforce limits.

Quotas can be used to monitor disk usage across quota types.

More efficient than using unix tools like du that must traverse the filesystem.
Quotas are maintained as the filesystem is used.

Quotas can be used to enforce limits on users, groups or projects. Quota limits can prevent.

Individual users consuming excessive resources.
Rogue processes bringing down a system or causing denial of services.

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