toasters June 1998

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Quota's, Qtrees, Old_WAFL, NewWAFL, etc...
by Weeks, Thomas 05 Jun '98

05 Jun '98

Hi all! Just some basic Q's... We're at OnTap 4.3.4 right now using the old WALF file system... I have implimented quota's yet and was wondering: I am planning on going to 5.x here soon (as soon as I can see how you all fair with it) along with it's full ACL's and implimentation of WALF... I am not currently using qtree's or quotas... I see that you can only use qtree's in the root... ??? - What is the real difference between quotas and qtrees? ??? - with 4.3.4 I can do non-root quota's for pure CIFS users right? example: /cifs_home/<NT_username1> user 100M 20k /cifs_home/<NT_username2> user 100M 20k /cifs_home/<NT_username3> user 50M 10k <etc...> (using PDC/BDC NT authentication for usernames) ??? - These are just quotas on user directories right? ??? - I don't need quota trees for this type of individual CIFS user quotas do I? The manual says that the user must have an entry in /etc/passwd. ??? - Is this true in a pure NT/CIFS file space? ??? - If so, Why? (no UID/GID?!) ??? - Will this change with 5.x? Lastly... ??? - Should I wait to impliment quotas until AFTER I go with 5.x or will my 4.3.4 quotas and qtrees transition over ok to 5.x? Please reply ASAP.. Thanx.. Thomas Weeks GTE SYSTEMS ENGINEER Testing-Integration Center "The Pit" Brooks AFB, DSN 240-5444

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Backup strategy suggestions
by vance＠corp.theglobe.com 05 Jun '98

05 Jun '98

We have recently acquired an F230 which, once it is in production, host about 20GB of data. At the rate which new data is being added, we expect this to hit 80GB within 6 months. At that point, we expect to divide the load between a couple filers to maximize throughput. We will have a daily 8 hour window in which to perform backups. The average file size is about 20kB, and files are never modified or renamed, only created or deleted. Given this, does anyone have any words of wisdom about how to tackle backups? Thanks in advance for any advice you might have- Vance ......................... ........... vance huntley .. director of technology ............ theglobe.com . vance(a)corp.theglobe.com .........................

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Soft Quotas
by Arvind K Aggarwal 05 Jun '98

05 Jun '98

Hi, Is there any way to set soft quotas? What I mean by soft quotas: If I give a user a quota of 100MB and he/she exceeds it, I don't want the system to die on him. Based on how much the excess disk usage is, I would a) Like to send him a message b) Give him/her a warning and then c) Disallow further disk usage. This is some what like the "GOD" program on the old VAX systems, if someone remebers those things :-); I have heard that it was pretty good. Thanks in advance Arvind Aggarwal

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by Elena Samsonova 05 Jun '98

05 Jun '98

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