We use entries in the quotas file without limitations so that we can see the folder size without having to span the filesystem using something like treesize. In situations where you need to know this for some reason, turning quotas on but not using them to interrupt writes can be an option. 

On Thu, Jun 11, 2015 at 10:06 PM, Jeff Cleverley <jeff.cleverley@avagotech.com> wrote:
David,

It looks like you have the correct answer.  I created a qtree and empty quota in a volume and the size was the amount of free space since there wasn't any used in the newly created qtree.  I'm guessing they set up the empty quota for the accounting purposes.  

Thanks,

Jeff

Since the filer has to represent some type of size/quota to your client, it’s just making the ‘Size’ the value of (Qtree Used) + (Volume Available). Over time as more data is written, I would expect that the Size represented in df would eventually show as 2.4T.

 

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