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hi,

one of the problems we often see on the Toolserver is users accidentally using too much disk space (for example, broken tools generating 100GB logfiles). to avoid this happening in the future, we will be bringing back disk quotas over the next week or two. this will work as follows:

* newly created accounts will get 250MB disk quota * users currently using less than 200MB will also get 250MB disk quota * users using more than 200MB will get 1.5x their current usage. (for example, a user currently using 500MB will get 500 * 1.5 = 750MB quota).

this is a 'soft' limit; the 'hard' limit will be 2x the soft limit. you can exceed the soft limit for up to 7 days, which allows people to temporarily use more disk space if necessary. however, you can never exceed the hard limit. if the soft limit is exceeded for more than 7 days, you will be unable to use any more space until your use is brought back under the soft limit.

we recognise that users sometimes need to use more than 250MB of disk space for legitimate reasons. therefore, if you need more quota than you have, you may file a request in JIRA (TS project), specifying how much space you need, and a general description of the purpose (for example, "storing rendered map tiles"). if, based on the description above, you think you will need more disk space than the amount you will be assigned automatically, you should file a request in JIRA now, so your initial limit is set correctly.

while it's always important to monitor your disk space, and avoid using space unnecessarily, there is nothing wrong with needing more space than your current quota allows. please don't feel like you can't run a tool because it would need more disk space. (however, a tool using 200GB disk space is probably excessive.)

you will be informed at login time if your disk usage exceeds your soft or hard quota. you can always check your current usage by running 'quota -v'.

in the past we've had quotas on and off at various times; from now on, it's likely to be permanent.

- river.