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For reasons of efficiency and performance, small files and/or complex directory structures should not be transferred to the archive directly. Please aggregate your data to compressed tarballs or other archive containers with a maximum size of 5,5TiB before copying your data to the archive.
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Important Note: The following table presents the default quota for each file system. These values are reasonable for average use cases. We are aware that certain projects need larger quota for their workflows. If your project needs larger quotas, please contact your consultant to discuss your needs and how we can help you.
You read quota information for your user account with the command hlrnquota. More details about quotas you find on the page Fixing Quota Issues.
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Quota is available on the three file systems HOME, WORK and PERM. On each file system we distinguish
- quota for blocks, that is the disk space your files allocate, and
- quota for inodes, that is the number of files and directories.
Each quota consists of two numbers, the soft limit and the hard limit.
- Once your usage achieves the soft limit, the grace peroid of 2 weeks starts to count. By the end of the grace period you are not able to write files. As soon as you drop down below your soft limit the grace period is reseted.
- Once your usage achieves the hard limit, you are not able to write files.
1 Projects on Perm only available on Emmy in Goettingen