Setting a Quota for a Group

Set quota for an individual group.

About this task

You can set quotas for individual groups via the Data Fabric UI. This quota overrides the default group quota set for the fabric.

The following quotas can be set.

  • Advisory quota, which raises an alarm when the threshold is reached, but does not prevent further writes.
  • Hard quota, which raises an alarm when the limit is reached and prevents further writes.which raises an alarm when the limit is reached and prevents further writes.

    Advisory quota and hard quota can be expressed in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB). GB is the default unit. The advisory quota must be less than the hard quota.

Follow the steps given below to set quota for a group.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Data Fabric UI.
  2. Select Fabric manager option from the dropdown on the Home page.
  3. Click Fabric Administration.
  4. Select the groups option in the dropdown for Quota by.
  5. Click Edit fabric quotas on the Quota by groups card.
  6. On the Edit Fabric Quotas dialog box, enter the values for advisory quota, hard quota. Change the unit, as required.
  7. Specify the Fabric reserve limit.
  8. Click Update.
    Alternatively, you can edit the group quota for an individual group from the Settings tab for a fabric. To get to the Settings tab,
    1. Select the Fabric user on the Home page.
    2. Click the table view icon on the Resources card and click the fabric name on the table view of resources.

Results

The specified quota is saved for the individual group.
NOTE
The default quota specified for the fabric applies to other groups, unless a group-specific quota is set for any other group on the fabric.