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+Quotas
+======
+
+CephFS allows quotas to be set on any directory in the system.  The
+quota can restrict the number of *bytes* or the number of *files*
+stored beneath that point in the directory hierarchy.
+
+Limitations
+-----------
+
+#. *Quotas are cooperative and non-adversarial.* CephFS quotas rely on
+   the cooperation of the client who is mounting the file system to
+   stop writers when a limit is reached.  A modified or adversarial
+   client cannot be prevented from writing as much data as it needs.
+   Quotas should not be relied on to prevent filling the system in
+   environments where the clients are fully untrusted.
+
+#. *Quotas are imprecise.* Processes that are writing to the file
+   system will be stopped a short time after the quota limit is
+   reached.  They will inevitably be allowed to write some amount of
+   data over the configured limit.  How far over the quota they are
+   able to go depends primarily on the amount of time, not the amount
+   of data.  Generally speaking writers will be stopped within 10s of
+   seconds of crossing the configured limit.
+
+#. *Quotas are implemented in the kernel client 4.17 and higher.*
+   Quotas are supported by the userspace client (libcephfs, ceph-fuse).
+   Linux kernel clients >= 4.17 support CephFS quotas but only on
+   mimic+ clusters.  Kernel clients (even recent versions) will fail
+   to handle quotas on older clusters, even if they may be able to set
+   the quotas extended attributes.
+
+#. *Quotas must be configured carefully when used with path-based
+   mount restrictions.* The client needs to have access to the
+   directory inode on which quotas are configured in order to enforce
+   them.  If the client has restricted access to a specific path
+   (e.g., ``/home/user``) based on the MDS capability, and a quota is
+   configured on an ancestor directory they do not have access to
+   (e.g., ``/home``), the client will not enforce it.  When using
+   path-based access restrictions be sure to configure the quota on
+   the directory the client is restricted too (e.g., ``/home/user``)
+   or something nested beneath it.
+
+#. *Snapshot file data which has since been deleted or changed does not count
+   towards the quota.* See also: http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/24284
+
+Configuration
+-------------
+
+Like most other things in CephFS, quotas are configured using virtual
+extended attributes:
+
+ * ``ceph.quota.max_files`` -- file limit
+ * ``ceph.quota.max_bytes`` -- byte limit
+
+If the attributes appear on a directory inode that means a quota is
+configured there.  If they are not present then no quota is set on
+that directory (although one may still be configured on a parent directory).
+
+To set a quota::
+
+  setfattr -n ceph.quota.max_bytes -v 100000000 /some/dir     # 100 MB
+  setfattr -n ceph.quota.max_files -v 10000 /some/dir         # 10,000 files
+
+To view quota settings::
+
+  getfattr -n ceph.quota.max_bytes /some/dir
+  getfattr -n ceph.quota.max_files /some/dir
+
+Note that if the value of the extended attribute is ``0`` that means
+the quota is not set.
+
+To remove a quota::
+
+  setfattr -n ceph.quota.max_bytes -v 0 /some/dir
+  setfattr -n ceph.quota.max_files -v 0 /some/dir