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Disk quota

Introduction​

Disk Quota is a feature that helps to limit disk usage for each user.

Linux OS has special tools to limit disk usage for specific users and groups.

How to setup disk quota?​

To control Disk Quota in FASTPANEL® it is required to install Quota application. When using a virtual server it is required to note your virtualization system type. Some of them, like OpenVZ, requires additional settings on the host server.

Applications menu in FASTPANEL

Install a quota application in FASTPANEL

You can set up a disk quota for a user in the user creation wizard or in the website creation wizard on user creation stage.

Setting up Disk Quota on a user creation stage​

Disk quota can be specified in the User Creation Wizard in the Quota field.

  1. Go to side menu → "Settings" → "Users"

    User management menu in FASTPANEL

  2. Click "Create" button

    Create a new user account in FASTPANEL

  3. In the "Quota" field specify maximum disk space available for the user files

    Set quota for a new user account in FASTPANEL

note

Zero value means no limit.

Changing Disk Quota value​

To change Disk Quota value:

  1. Go to side menu → "Settings" → "Users"
  2. Click "Edit user"
  3. Set the desired value in the corresponding field.

Setting Disk Quota in the website creation wizard​

On a user creation stage, the second step, if "New" was chosen in the Site Owner field, an option to set Disk Quota will become available.

Edit user settings in site creation wizard in FASTPANEL

Set quota for a new user via site creation wizard in FASTPANEL

How often does it check the amount of space used by a user?​

Disk space usage is being checked instantly. OS will not allow a user to upload more than it was allowed.

What to do if there are errors with Disk Quota?​

In this case, you simply need to run Quota recalculation:

  1. Go to side menu → "Settings" → "Users"
  2. Click "Recalculate disc quota"
  3. Confirm quota recalculation

How to recalculate quota in FASTPANEL

caution

Quota recalculation can increase the load on the disk subsystem and, as a result, the whole server.

Technical features of Disk Quotas​

For Disk Quotas to work usrjquota=aquota.user and grpjquota=aquota.group params are specified in /etc/fstab

aquota.user and aquota.group files are created in root partition.

To view disk quota statistics run the following command in the terminal:

repquota -au