Setting a Volume Quota

Set space quota for volume.

Prerequisites

You must have be a fabric user to configure or set volume quota.

About this task

You can set hard quota for volume via the Data Fabric UI.

NOTE
It is recommended to set advisory quota for a volume. See Setting advisory quota via CLI to set advisory quota. An alarm is set off when advisory quota is reached or exceeded.

Use the following steps to set the volume quota.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Data Fabric UI.
  2. Select the Fabric user on the Home page.
  3. Click the Table View icon on the Resources card. In the tabular list of fabrics, click the down arrow for the fabric that contains the volume to set the quota for.
  4. Click the volume name seen under Resource Name.
  5. Navigate to the Settings tab.
  6. Click the Edit icon seen next to Quota.
  7. Enter the value and select the unit of measurement for the quota.
  8. Click Save.

Results

The hard quota for the volume is set.

Data on the volume cannot occupy space higher than the quota. If the data on the volume exceeds the hard quota, an alarm is raised.