Jul 21, 2015

EMC - iSilon - SmartQuotas

Simplicity
SmartQuotas spans across all nodes in an Isilon storage cluster, regardless of the number of storage devices, enabling you to easily administer storage from a single point of view. SmartQuotas makes it as easy to manage quotas for thousands of users as it is to manage a few hundred enabling massive scalability of users and groups for even the largest storage environments.
Efficiency
Quota management and thin provisioning in a single application. You can configure SmartQuotas so specific users and groups are only allowed to see the storage they have been provisioned. Unique quota and provisioning policies can be set at the cluster, directory, sub-directory, user and group level. Robust Notification and Scheduled Reporting SmartQuotas’ flexible reporting and notification options provide end-users, managers and administrators the information they need to manage resource usage.
A Powerful, Configurable Tool
Quotas can be defined for specific individual users or groups, or create default quotas that control disk usage for anyone accessing the cluster. Hard, soft and advisory limits can be set across the organization for specific users and groups, and across various directory structures. Alerts can be configured to give users email notifications when quota limits are approaching, to enforce hard stops on writes or provide a grace period before enforcing thresholds. When new users need to be added or directory structures need to be changed, SmartQuotas allows you to change quota policies on the fly easily meeting the changing storage requirements of your business

License SmartQuotas



Navigate to SmartQuotas
We will now navigate to the SmartQuota tab.
1. From the menu click on FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
2. Click SmartQuotas.
3. Click Create a storage quota on the right lower corner of the Storage Quotas & Usage screen




Create a storage quota
1. In the Create a Storage Quota box you will select the Quota Type and the Directory Path.
2. In the Quota Type field, click the arrow and select Directory Quota.
3. In the Directory Path: Click Browse.



Select a directory
In the Select a Directory pop up window you will select the folder attendeeY you created earlier.
1. Double click the data folder
2. Click the attendeeY folder
3. Click the Select button.



Define Usage Limits
Define your Usage Limits and Create Quota.
1. Click Specify Usage Limits
2. Click Set a hard limit
3. Enter 10 in the Hard Limit Value box
4. Click the Create Quota button.



Your Quota will Appear
You will receive confirmation that your Quota has been created and you will see the amount listed under the Hard Limit section


Quota Settings for Reporting
Now you will set the reporting for Quota’s.
1. Click the Settings tab.
2. Click Change Schedule




Frequency
Select Daily for Report Frequency.
1. In the Generate report every line, enter 1 and select Day(s).
2. Click the Generate multiple reports per specified day.
3. Change 12 to 1 and select Minutes in the drop down box.
4. Click the Select button.


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