>Hi,
>
> I have no problem with a quota system and maybe we should address this.
>
> The reason for not installing a larger drive is, I believe, that
>backups then become problematic. However, maybe we could have larger
>drives but reduce the backup load by backing up only certain
>directories or files.
Backups are done using the "dump" utility, which operates at the file system
level. Essentially this means you can't specify certain directories to backup
(unlike tar).
> Certainly we can remove a lot of inactive users.
This is the quickest and easiest solution (at least for the short term). No
down time of /home/blast or the file server is needed.
Ernie
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