| From the Volume pull-down menu, choose the volume you want to
configure. For each volume, you can configure the maximum number of files in the volume
and specify whether quotas are enabled. The Reload Configuration button reloads the
current settings from the filer. The Save Configuration button saves the changes you enter
on this screen to the filer.
The following list describes the fields in this window:
- Maximum Number of Files
- Initially, the maximum number of files on the filer is set at one for every 32 KB of
disk space. The number is increased automatically when you add a new disk. The increase is
determined by the filer, and is not a user-specified value.
- Unlike UNIX, which requires that you specify the maximum number of files in a file
system when you create the file system, the filer enables you to increase the number of
files for each volume at any time.
- NOTE: Use caution when increasing the maximum number of files because
after you increase this number, you can never reduce it. As new files are created, the
file system consumes the additional disk space required to hold the inodes for the
additional files; there is no way for the filer to release that disk space. An inode is a
data structure containing information about files.
- Current Number of Files
- Displays the number of files currently in the volume.
- Quotas Enabled
- If you enable quotas for a volume, the filer restricts disk space and the number of
files used by a particular user or group. Quotas can also restrict disk space and the
number of files used in a qtree. A qtree is a directory created under the root directory
of a volume.
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