Thanks.  This is what I can suggest to management.  I will be monitoring
this client vigilantly.  Mmmm.  You only have three 4.5G drive.  Why are
you backing up 500G of data.  :)

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 Eliza Lau
 Eliza Lau
 Virginia Tech Computing Center                email : eliza.lau AT vt DOT edu
 Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
 1700 Pratt Drive
 Blacksburg VA 24060                           phone : (540) 231-9399
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>
> >As a University Computing Center, we have an operating budget
> >and don't need a charge-back system to cover the cost of running ADSM.
> >However, we expect our users not to abuse their privileges.
>
> Another approach to dealing with unruly client nodes might be to enforce
> what amount to "storage quotas".  That is, you would not be charging
> users, but limiting them according to agreed-to limits.  This could be
> achieved by having a mechanism which literally or effectively performs
> 'Query Occupancy' and/or 'Query Auditoccupancy' to see how much clients
> have stored.  You can do a 'Cancel Session' on the unruly, or even do
> a 'Lock Node', and send them mail about their behavior.
>
> You can establish a site policy that file systems should not be backed up
> from NFS clients (they will be done from the NFS server).  Violators can be
> detected in a ADSM server 'Query Filespace' command (Filespace Type),
> whereupon you could delete the filespace outright or rename it for X days
> before deleting it, with warning mail to the perpetrator, and a final
> 'Lock Node' if no compliance.
>
> Various schemes abound, depending upon your imagination.
>
>    Richard Sims, BU
>