Re: [cobalt-developers] out of space warning, when we aren't

[Taco Scargo - Sun Holland - Leiden <Taco.Scargo@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jale,

> I have one user that every once in a while I get an admin msg on saying he 
> is close to his quota.  When I go into the status monitor, it shows he has 
> 48meg used out of 50 allocated. This is what is allocated to one user, not 
> the site. The site has 200 meg.
> 
> When I check, I find:
> 1) he has no /users/name/web directory, just /users/name - so he isn't 
> using too much in his personal web directory.
> 2) his email file is 7.8 meg
> 
> So his site has plenty of space, his personal area appears to have very 
> little in it, but the system keeps telling us he has 48 meg used.
Site quota is "all users together". User quota is "usage by one user".
It does not matter where the files are. Therefore all files uploaded by a user 
to the site's web directory will count towards the users quota. That's why I 
always give site administrators as much space as the total site.

With regards,

Taco Scargo

Professional Services Manager, EMEA

Sun Microsystems		Tel. +31 (71) 565 7021
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