Please also note that when you write as root, you are not restricted by the quota limits.
See example: Write as non root user and run into hard limit: [mr@home-11 limited]$ dd if=/dev/urandom of=testfile2 bs=1000 count=100000 dd: error writing ‘testfile2’: Disk quota exceeded 29885+0 records in 29884+0 records out 29884000 bytes (30 MB) copied, 3.38491 s, 8.8 MB/s [root@home-11 limited]# mmrepquota gpfs0 Block Limits | File Limits Name type KB quota limit in_doubt grace | files quota limit in_doubt grace ... limited FILESET 322176 214784 322304 128 7 days | 5 0 0 0 none Now write as root user and exceed hard limit: [root@home-11 limited]# dd if=/dev/urandom of=testfile2 bs=1000 count=100000 100000+0 records in 100000+0 records out 100000000 bytes (100 MB) copied, 12.8355 s, 7.8 MB/s [root@home-11 limited]# mmrepquota gpfs0 Block Limits | File Limits Name type KB quota limit in_doubt grace | files quota limit in_doubt grace ... limited FILESET 390656 214784 322304 8939520 7 days | 5 0 0 40 none Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Kind regards Dr. Markus Rohwedder Spectrum Scale GUI Development Phone: +49 7034 6430190 IBM Deutschland E-Mail: rohwed...@de.ibm.com Am Weiher 24 65451 Kelsterbach Germany IBM Deutschland Research & Development GmbH / Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Martina Köderitz Geschäftsführung: Dirk Wittkopp Sitz der Gesellschaft: Böblingen / Registergericht: Amtsgericht Stuttgart, HRB 243294 From: "Jaime Pinto" <pi...@scinet.utoronto.ca> To: "gpfsug main discussion list" <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org>, "Emmanuel Barajas Gonzalez" <vanfa...@mx1.ibm.com> Cc: gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org Date: 10/26/2017 12:18 AM Subject: Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Fileset quotas enforcement Sent by: gpfsug-discuss-boun...@spectrumscale.org Did you try to run mmcheckquota on the device I observed that in the most recent versions (for the last 3 years) there is a real long lag for GPFS to process the internal accounting. So there is a slippage effects that skews quota operations. mmcheckquota is supposed to reset and zero all those cumulative deltas effective immediately. Jaime Quoting "Emmanuel Barajas Gonzalez" <vanfa...@mx1.ibm.com>: > Hello spectrum scale team! I'm working on the implementation of > quotas per fileset and I followed the basic instructions described in > the documentation. Currently the gpfs device has per-fileset quotas > and there is one fileset with a block soft and a hard limit set. My > problem is that I'm being able to write more and more files beyond > the quota (the grace period has expired as well). How can I make > sure quotas will be enforced and that no user will be able to consume > more space than specified? mmrepquota smfslv0 > Block Limits > | > Name fileset type KB quota limit > in_doubt grace | > root root USR 512 0 0 > 0 none | > root cp1 USR 64128 0 0 > 0 none | > system root GRP 512 0 0 > 0 none | > system cp1 GRP 64128 0 0 > 0 none | > valid root GRP 0 0 0 > 0 none | > root root FILESET 512 0 0 > 0 none | > cp1 root FILESET 64128 2048 2048 > 0 expired | > Thanks in advance ! Best regards, > __________________________________________________________________________________ > Emmanuel Barajas Gonzalez TRANSPARENT CLOUD TIERING FOR DS8000 > > Phone: > 52-33-3669-7000 x5547 E-mail: vanfa...@mx1.ibm.com[1] Follow me: > @van_falen > 2200 Camino A El Castillo > El Salto, JAL 45680 > Mexico > > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] mailto:vanfa...@mx1.ibm.com > ************************************ TELL US ABOUT YOUR SUCCESS STORIES https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.scinethpc.ca_testimonials&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=IbxtjdkPAM2Sbon4Lbbi4w&m=2KW8at7r2duccqfXKnq1b4-HmXZvC48q9hZ-RpiIFZ0&s=mno73q7nVmqF-YTzo7pAF50B_45epo6ZzccTAwcroRU&e= ************************************ --- Jaime Pinto SciNet HPC Consortium - Compute/Calcul Canada www.scinet.utoronto.ca - www.computecanada.ca University of Toronto 661 University Ave. (MaRS), Suite 1140 Toronto, ON, M5G1M1 P: 416-978-2755 C: 416-505-1477 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP at SciNet Consortium, University of Toronto. _______________________________________________ gpfsug-discuss mailing list gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__gpfsug.org_mailman_listinfo_gpfsug-2Ddiscuss&d=DwICAg&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx-siA1ZOg&r=IbxtjdkPAM2Sbon4Lbbi4w&m=2KW8at7r2duccqfXKnq1b4-HmXZvC48q9hZ-RpiIFZ0&s=F6chd4olb-U3RlL5pcqBPagIccRSJd963K0FFS7auko&e=
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