Storage Quotas and Charges - Revision history

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 Please note that you are not allowed to store, and process your data from this directory. Its sole intent is for small documents and non-processed files.
-Your quota on the Lustre file system is 2 TB, with the followong provisos:
+Your quota on the Lustre file system is 2 TB, with the following provisos:
 You have a total of 2 TB, but within /nlustre/users/<username>/scratch, you have unlimited storage for a certain period.

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 === Checking storage quotas ===
-* A web-based system for checking the different user and group storage quotas and charges is available at [http://storageadmin.bi.up.ac.za http://storageadmin.bi.up.ac.za].
+* nLustre quotas can be checked with:
-* nLustre quotas can also be checked with:
 <source lang="c">
-> lfs quota -u username /nlustre
+> lfs quota -uqh <username> /nlustre
 </source>
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 === Storage ===
-A basic account (R 2,000 per year) provides:
+Your quota on the home directories, ie: /home/<username> is 500 GB.
-* 512 GB of storage space in /home/''user''
+We will send only one reminder of the purge date when it approaches. Thereafter, one warning if you are out of quota.
-* 1 TB of storage space in /nlustre/''user''
+Failure to comply, will get your account locked out.
-* 512 GB of storage space in Galaxy
-* Unlimited computational usage
-=== Upgrading storage space ===
+Its the user's responsibility to manage its data, and to keep things ordered, and within quota.
-* Storage space may be upgraded at R 1,000 per TB per year in the following steps:
-** 5 TB total (add 4)
-** 10 TB
-** 20 TB or more

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 The price of a basic account is R 2,000 per year.
-'''PLEASE NOTE - NONE OF THE CHARGES MENTIONED HERE ARE RELATED TO ACTUAL OPERATIONAL COSTS.'''
+'''PLEASE NOTE - NONE OF THE CHARGES MENTIONED HERE ARE RELATED TO ACTUAL OPERATIONAL COSTS.'''<br />
-'''THESE ARE MERELY TOKEN AMOUNTS WE NEED TO RAISE FROM USERS ACCORDING TO AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH TUKS EXECUTIVE.'''
+'''THESE ARE MERELY TOKEN AMOUNTS WE NEED TO RAISE FROM USERS ACCORDING TO AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH TUKS EXECUTIVE.'''<br />
 '''AS AN EXAMPLE - JUST THE ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR THE SERVER ROOM ALONE AMOUNT TO MORE THAN R 80 000 PER MONTH.'''

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 The price of a basic account is R 2,000 per year.
-'''PLEASE NOTE - NONE OF THE CHARGES MENTIONED HERE ARE RELATED TO ACTUAL OPERATIONAL COSTS.
+'''PLEASE NOTE - NONE OF THE CHARGES MENTIONED HERE ARE RELATED TO ACTUAL OPERATIONAL COSTS.'''
-THESE ARE MERELY TOKEN AMOUNTS WE NEED TO RAISE FROM USERS ACCORDING TO AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH TUKS EXECUTIVE.
+'''THESE ARE MERELY TOKEN AMOUNTS WE NEED TO RAISE FROM USERS ACCORDING TO AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH TUKS EXECUTIVE.'''
-AS AN EXAMPLE - JUST THE ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR THE SERVER ROOM ALONE AMOUNT TO MORE THAN R 80 000 PER MONTH.'''
+'''AS AN EXAMPLE - JUST THE ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR THE SERVER ROOM ALONE AMOUNT TO MORE THAN R 80 000 PER MONTH.'''

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 The price of a basic account is R 2,000 per year.
-** PLEASE NOTE - NONE OF THE CHARGES MENTIONED HERE ARE RELATED TO ACTUAL OPERATIONAL COSTS.
+'''PLEASE NOTE - NONE OF THE CHARGES MENTIONED HERE ARE RELATED TO ACTUAL OPERATIONAL COSTS.
 THESE ARE MERELY TOKEN AMOUNTS WE NEED TO RAISE FROM USERS ACCORDING TO AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH TUKS EXECUTIVE.
-AS AN EXAMPLE - JUST THE ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR THE SERVER ROOM ALONE AMOUNT TO MORE THAN R 80 000 PER MONTH. **
+AS AN EXAMPLE - JUST THE ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR THE SERVER ROOM ALONE AMOUNT TO MORE THAN R 80 000 PER MONTH.'''

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	The price of a basic account is R 2,000 per year.		The price of a basic account is R 2,000 per year.
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		+	PLEASE NOTE - NONE OF THE CHARGES MENTIONED HERE ARE RELATED TO ACTUAL OPERATIONAL COSTS.
		+	THESE ARE MERELY TOKEN AMOUNTS WE NEED TO RAISE FROM USERS ACCORDING TO AN AGREEMENT MADE WITH TUKS EXECUTIVE.
		+	AS AN EXAMPLE - JUST THE ELECTRICITY COSTS FOR THE SERVER ROOM ALONE AMOUNT TO MORE THAN R 80 000 PER MONTH.