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How much disk space do CS graduate students have available?

Each graduate student starts with 200 Megabytes of disk space. After passing the WPE, the grad student is eligible for another 100 MB, and after passing orals, 100 more. In order to get this increase, please e-mail to request it. Additional project space may be allotted by faculty advisors.

How much disk space do IT Labs users have available?

IT Labs users get 200 MB of disk space for their Unix home directory and 15 MB for their Windows Profile.

How can I check my quota?

Execute from the shell prompt: quota -v. It will return output similar to this:

Disk quotas for user <username> (uid <uid>):
     Filesystem  blocks   quota   limit   grace   files   quota   limit   grace
<file server>:/export/home/gradxx
                  63668  204800  253600            2633       0       0

What should I do if I go over quota?

If you are over your soft limit, you will have a week to reduce your usage. Use the "rm" command to delete core files, Netscape caches, etc. If you are over your hard limit or your week has run out, you must delete files to be able to create more. You may need to ssh from a remote machine, since at this point you will usually not be able to login at the graphical console. Then delete files until you are under quota. 'du -k --max-depth=1 . | sort -nr' on Linux or '/opt/gnu/bin/du -k --max-depth=1 . | sort -nr' on Solaris can help with figuring out what directory contains the most data. If you need help, you can go to the Operator Office and someone there can help you remove files. Operator can’t help delete files over the phone.