ZFS will always track per-user usage information even in the absence of quotas. See the the zfs 'userused@' properties and 'zfs userspace' command.
- Eric 2012/4/25 Fred Liu <fred_...@issi.com> > Missing an important ‘NOT’: > > >OK. I see. And I agree such quotas will **NOT** scale well. From users' > side, they always > > ask for more space or even no quotas at all. One of the main purposes > behind such quotas > > is that we can account usage and get the statistics. Is it possible to > do it without setting > > such quotas? > > > >Thanks. > > > >Fred > > > > > _____________________________________________ > *From:* Fred Liu > *Sent:* 星期三, 四月 25, 2012 20:05 > *To:* develo...@lists.illumos.org > *Cc:* 'zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org' > *Subject:* RE: [developer] Setting default user/group quotas[usage > accounting]? > > > > > > On Apr 24, 2012, at 2:50 PM, Fred Liu wrote: > > > Yes. > > Thanks. > > I am not aware of anyone looking into this. > > I don't think it is very hard, per se. But such quotas don't fit well with > the > notion of many file systems. There might be some restricted use cases > where it makes good sense, but I'm not convinced it will scale well -- user > quotas never scale well. > -- richard > > > >OK. I see. And I agree such quotas will scale well. From users' side, > they always > > ask for more space or even no quotas at all. One of the main purposes > behind such quotas > > is that we can account usage and get the statistics. Is it possible to > do it without setting > > such quotas? > > > >Thanks. > > > >Fred > > > > *illumos-developer* | > Archives<https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/182179/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/182179/21175057-f8151d0d> | > Modify<https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21175057&id_secret=21175057-02786781>Your > Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > -- Eric Schrock Delphix http://blog.delphix.com/eschrock 275 Middlefield Road, Suite 50 Menlo Park, CA 94025 http://www.delphix.com
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