You don't have to set a rediculously high quota limit to track disk and file usage you can use a dash (-) in the /etc/quotas file for any item that you wish to track without imposing a quota limit. Then run quota report to see the disk/file usage for all users that you wanted to track.

Thus you would end up with a line in your quotas file like this:

#target type disk files * users - -

which will track disk and file usage for all users w/o worry about imposing a quota on them.

This link provides a good explanation:

http://now.netapp.com/NOW/knowledge/docs/ontap/rel53/html/sag/quota1.htm

Hope this helps!

Anissa

:-----Original Message----- :From: Bruce Sterling Woodcock [mailto:sirbruce@ix.netcom.com] :Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 8:39 AM : :----- Original Message ----- :From: Derek Kelly derek.kelly@genomecorp.com :To: toasters@mathworks.com : : :> This may be a fruitless search for info but i'm interested in hearing :> about how folks are handling disk usage stats on large quantities of :> data (say 2 or more TB). : :Give every user a quota, but set the quota so outrageously :high they won't :encounter it. Then the quota report will give you instant :usage for any :user, and it will count everything on that filesytem, not just :the stuff in :his :home directory. : :Bruce : :