Understanding default quotas

About default quotas

You can create a default quota for users, groups, or qtrees. A default quota applies to quota targets that are not explicitly referenced in the /etc/quotas file.

How to override a default quota

If you do not want Data ONTAP to apply a default quota to a particular target, you can create an entry in the /etc/quotas file for that target so that the explicit quota overrides the default quota.

Where default quotas are applied

You apply a default user or group quota on a per-volume or per-qtree basis.

You apply a default tree quota on a per-volume basis. For example, you can specify that a default tree quota be applied to the vol/vol0 volume, which means that all qtrees created in the /vol/vol0 volume are subject to this quota but that qtrees in other volumes are unaffected.