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Active IQ Unified Manager 9.10
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Why you use quotas

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You can use quotas to limit resource usage in FlexVol volumes, to provide notification when resource usage reaches specific levels, or to track resource usage.

You specify a quota for the following reasons:

  • To limit the amount of disk space or the number of files that can be used by a user or group, or that can be contained by a qtree

  • To track the amount of disk space or the number of files used by a user, group, or qtree, without imposing a limit

  • To warn users when their disk usage or file usage is high