From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 70bc1528 for ; Thu, 30 May 2019 14:40:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0548A9B84E; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:40:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 193D29B7FB; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:40:02 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5AEFE9B7FB; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:40:00 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 339 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:39:59 AEST Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A09749B6B2 for ; Fri, 31 May 2019 00:39:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: from callcc.thunk.org ([66.31.38.53]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.14.7/8.12.4) with ESMTP id x4UEYE11016265 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Thu, 30 May 2019 10:34:15 -0400 Received: by callcc.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id 2DA2F420481; Thu, 30 May 2019 10:34:14 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 30 May 2019 10:34:14 -0400 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: David Message-ID: <20190530143414.GF2751@mit.edu> References: <975B93B6-AD7C-41B5-A14D-2DE4FEFAD3A6@kdbarto.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <975B93B6-AD7C-41B5-A14D-2DE4FEFAD3A6@kdbarto.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Quotas - did anyone ever use them? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 06:49:05AM -0700, David wrote: > I think it was BSD 4.1 that added quotas to the disk system, and I > was just wondering if anyone ever used them, in academia or > industry. As a user and an admin I never used this and, while I > thought it was interesting, just figured that the users would sort > it out amongst themselves. Which they mostly did. > > So, anyone ever use this feature? Back when MIT Project Athena was using Vax/750's as time sharing machines (before the advent of the MicroVax II workstations and AFS), students were assigned to a Vax 750, and were given a quota of I think a megabyte, at least initially. It could be increased by applying to the user accounts office. Given that there were roughly 4,000 undergraduates sharing 5 or 6 Vax/750's, it was somewhat understandable... - Ted