Every student on the GL network has a set disk quota. This is the amount of space given to each student for him/her to save his/her files to the network. The amount of space alloted for most students is 25 MB. As you probably know that is not a lot of storage space at all. So some effort must be made on your part not to exceed this disk quota
Basically everything that you store in your directory (/afs/umbc.edu/users/u/s/username/) count towards this 25 MB limit with the exception of your backup directory which not figured into how much space you are using.
A note about your quota Every student account has a set disk quota (I think that it was recently raised to 25MB). Exceeding your disk quota can cause any number of problems such as... Lost email messages Inability to compile programs Abnormal account behavior To check your usage and overall quota, type quota -v in a UNIX shell. If you are exceeding your quota check your browser settings so they cache little (or nothing at all) to disk. You may then have to manually delete the cached files, if you need help with this see a Help Desk consultant in room ECS020.The easiest way to check how much of your alloted quota you are using is by the quota -v UNIX command. Just type this command in at the command line.
Your output should look something like one of the following...
Well within limit...
linux1-(12:20pm): quota -v Volume Name Quota Used %Used Partition user.dhood2 75000 59158 79% 64% linux1-(12:21pm): |
Getting near limit...
linux1-(12:25pm): quota -v Volume Name Quota Used %Used Partition user.dhood2 75000 70754 94%<< 64% <<WARNING linux1-(12:25pm): |
Exceeding limit (over quota)...
linux1-(12:26pm): quota -v Volume Name Quota Used %Used Partition user.dhood2 75000 75798 101%<< 64% <<WARNING linux1-(12:26pm): |
Exceeding your disk quota can cause any number of problems such as...
Since being over quota is a bad thing there are several things that you can do to get back where you belong.
OIT has made available a tool that goes through bout account and tries to eliminate unnecessary files and very large files that may be putting you over the limit.
If you log into your account you can issue the oitcleaner command...
linux1[21]# oitcleaner This is the cleaner that we want Volume Name Quota Used %Used Partition user.dhood2 75000 75544 101%<< 64% <<WARNING **** Start Quota **** **** Start: Cleaning Internet Files **** **** Done: Cleaning Internet Files **** **** Start: Cleaning Misc. Files **** find: No match. find: No match. rm: No match. **** Done: Cleaning Misc. Files **** **** Finding Large Files **** rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/../pub/www/misc/11b.bmp'? n rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/../pub/www/misc/snow.ppm'? n rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/.2kprofile/Application Data/Mozilla/Profiles/NTUser/tu7kluon.slt/XUL.mfl'? y rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/.gnome.backup/11b.bmp'? n rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/courses/cmsc441/441/paper/all4.ps'? y rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/courses/cmsc441/441/paper/bucket.ps'? y rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/courses/cmsc441/441/paper/counting.ps'? y rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/courses/cmsc441/441/paper/insertion.ps'? y rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/courses/cmsc441/441/paper/just2.ps'? y rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/courses/cmsc441/441/paper/just3.ps'? y rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/courses/cmsc441/441/paper/merge.ps'? y rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/courses/cmsc681/681.tar.gz'? n rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/tmp/web/direct.tif'? n rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/putty2.bmp'? n rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/putty3.bmp'? n rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/putty4.bmp'? n rm: remove `/afs/umbc.edu/users/d/h/dhood2/home/asdf'? y **** Finished **** Volume Name Quota Used %Used Partition user.dhood2 75000 45992 61% 64% **** End Quota **** linux1[22]# |
Please Note: that the latter part of this script tries to remove larger files that are in your account. You have to answer "y" or "n" whether or not you want to remove these files.
You can also make sure that you have setup the web browser that you use to cache as little as possible to disk, as it also can eat away at your account quota.