On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Matthew Ahrens <matthew.ahr...@sun.com>wrote:
> Alastair Neil wrote: > >> However, the user or group quota is applied when a clone or a >> snapshot is created from a file system that has a user or group quota. >> >> "applied to a clone" I understand what that means, "applied to a snapshot" >> - not so clear does it mean enforced on the original dataset? >> > > Since snapshots can not be modified, you're right that "applying" user > quotas to snapshots doesn't make any sense. However, the user/group > quota/used is recorded in the snapshot, and the values (including user > quotas) are the values at the time the snapshot was taken. Contrast that > with other properties (eg, quota, exec), where the snapshot does not have > its own value for those properties; it just applies the filesystem's current > value. > > --matt > So users quotas are not charged for blocks in the snapshot?
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