Quotas

Quotas are enforced on the BisonNet storage system in order to decrease the likelihood that one user could fill up the storage system and prevent other users from using the environment. Most users only have one quota, which is the amount of data stored in their BisonNet home directory. The default quota for users is 100GB. Please let us know if you need additional space by emailing your request and approximate storage needs to bisonnet@bucknell.edu.

To view your home directory quota and usage, run the command:

quota -vs

Example output:

Disk quotas for user abc123 (uid 999999):
Filesystem   space   quota    limit   grace   files   quota   limit   grace
10.200.11.18:/home
            18246M    450G     500G            130k   4295m   4295m

This example indicates that the user has a quota limit of 500GB (450GB is a soft limit) and is currently using 18,246MB (about 18.2GB).

Some users also have an archive directory, which has a separate quota. Here’s an example with an archive quota:

Disk quotas for user abc123 (uid 999999):
Filesystem   space   quota    limit   grace   files   quota   limit   grace
10.200.11.18:/archive
             7234M  16384G   16384G               2   4295m   4295m      
10.200.11.18:/home
            18246M    450G     500G            130k   4295m   4295m

In addition, for those that have a shared data directory in /data, quotas are enforced on those directories as well. We currently do not have a way for you to check available space there. If you need to know your usage, email bisonnet@bucknell.edu.

Want to learn more about Bucknell?

Request information