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@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ subdirectories, and a summation of all nested file sizes. This makes
the identification of large disk space consumers relatively quick, as
no 'du' or similar recursive scan of the file system is required.
+Finally, Ceph also allows quotas to be set on any directory in the system.
+The quota can restrict the number of bytes or the number of files stored
+beneath that point in the directory hierarchy. Quotas can be set using
+extended attributes 'ceph.quota.max_files' and 'ceph.quota.max_bytes', eg:
+
+ setfattr -n ceph.quota.max_bytes -v 100000000 /some/dir
+ getfattr -n ceph.quota.max_bytes /some/dir
+
+A limitation of the current quotas implementation is that it relies on the
+cooperation of the client mounting the file system to stop writers when a
+limit is reached. A modified or adversarial client cannot be prevented
+from writing as much data as it needs.
Mount Syntax
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