Disk quota management with limits classes
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsMark Allen Grubbs, Grover Herbert Neuman
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for disk quota management. Embodiments include assigning a user to a limits class, receiving, from a user, a request to store a resource, and determining whether to allow the user to store the resource in dependence upon the limits class and current disk usage of the user. In some embodiments, determining whether to allow the user to store the resource in dependence upon the limits class and current disk usage of the user includes retrieving a user record for the user, retrieving a limits record in dependence upon the user record, and comparing the user's current disk space usage in the user record and the size of the resource with the disk space usage maximum in the limits record.
Claims20
A method for disk quota management, the method comprising:
- assigning a user to a limits class;
- receiving, from a user, a request to store a resource;
- and
- determining whether to allow the user to store the resource in dependence upon the limits class and current disk usage of the user.
A system for disk quota management, the system comprising:
- means for assigning a user to a limits class;
- means for receiving, from a user, a request to store a resource;
- and
- means for determining whether to allow the user to store the resource in dependence upon the limits class and current disk usage of the user.
A computer program product for disk quota management, the computer program product comprising:
- a recording medium;
- means, recorded on the recording medium, for assigning a user to a limits class;
- means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, from a user, a request to store a resource;
- and
- means, recorded on the recording medium, for determining whether to allow the user to store the resource in dependence upon the limits class and current disk usage of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.