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    EQFS is an elastic quota file system that provides controlled flexibility for users to effectively use more than their allocated disk quota. It handles variable quota usage by allowing a user to temporarily exceed their quota by using unused space from other users. When a user's quota is full but they need additional space, EQFS can make their files "elastic" by increasing their quota and allocating unused space from other users. This avoids file deletion and eliminates the need to assign different quotas to each user. EQFS operates transparently above the VFS layer and provides commands for users to manage elastic files. It aims to maximize disk utilization while keeping usage within thresholds at the user, group, and disk levels.

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    EQFS is an elastic quota file system that provides controlled flexibility for users to effectively use more than their allocated disk quota. It handles variable quota usage by allowing a user to temporarily exceed their quota by using unused space from other users. When a user's quota is full but they need additional space, EQFS can make their files "elastic" by increasing their quota and allocating unused space from other users. This avoids file deletion and eliminates the need to assign different quotas to each user. EQFS operates transparently above the VFS layer and provides commands for users to manage elastic files. It aims to maximize disk utilization while keeping usage within thresholds at the user, group, and disk levels.

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    EQFS is an elastic quota file system that provides controlled flexibility for users to effectively use more than their allocated disk quota. It handles variable quota usage by allowing a user to temporarily exceed their quota by using unused space from other users. When a user's quota is full but they need additional space, EQFS can make their files "elastic" by increasing their quota and allocating unused space from other users. This avoids file deletion and eliminates the need to assign different quotas to each user. EQFS operates transparently above the VFS layer and provides commands for users to manage elastic files. It aims to maximize disk utilization while keeping usage within thresholds at the user, group, and disk levels.

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    EQFS is an elastic quota file system that provides controlled flexibility for users to effectively use more than their allocated disk quota. It handles variable quota usage by allowing a user to temporarily exceed their quota by using unused space from other users. When a user's quota is full but they need additional space, EQFS can make their files "elastic" by increasing their quota and allocating unused space from other users. This avoids file deletion and eliminates the need to assign different quotas to each user. EQFS operates transparently above the VFS layer and provides commands for users to manage elastic files. It aims to maximize disk utilization while keeping usage within thresholds at the user, group, and disk levels.

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    Elastic Quota File

    System (EQFS)

    DepartmentofComputer
    D.Y.PatilCollegeofEngg.

    AmitGud
    NileshChoudhary

    Introduction
    TypicalNetworkScenario
    Differenttypesofuserswithdifferentneeds
    Variablequotausage
    Notpracticaltosetdifferentquotalimitsforlargenumberof
    users
    Lossofuserspaceifusersdonotusethequotaallocatedto
    themeffectively
    Noflexibilty

    Some Statistics
    At95%ofthetimesalltheusersdon'tuse100%of
    theirquota
    47%oftheusersuse60%oftheirquota
    22%oftheusersuselessthan15%oftheirquota

    Source:basedonastudyresultsbyBCCInc.onpopularemailservices

    What is EQFS?
    EQFSisElasticQuotaFileSystem
    EQFS:
    Providescontrolledflexibilityforuserstoeffectiveyusemore
    thantheallocatedquota
    Handlesvariablequotausage
    Eliminatestheneedtoassigndifferentquotalimitsforusers
    withvariableneeds
    Providesdisklimitsforanetworkirrespectiveofanyuser
    quota
    Postponesdeletionoffilesoncrossingthequotalimit
    Extendsthequotalimitonrequirementbyallocatingfree
    unuseduserspace

    How it works?

    10

    User2

    Free

    User1

    User1

    User2

    How it works? Contd...

    User1

    User2
    Free

    Elastic
    10

    User1

    User1
    10

    User2

    How it works?

    User3

    User1
    10

    10

    User2

    Elastic

    User1

    Free
    User1

    User2

    What is EQFS?
    EQFSisElasticQuotaFileSystem
    EQFS:
    Providescontrolledflexibilityforuserstoeffectiveyusemore
    thantheallocatedquota
    Handlesvariablequotausage
    Eliminatestheneedtoassigndifferentquotalimitsforusers
    withvariableneeds
    Providesdisklimitsforanetworkirrespectiveofanyuser
    quota
    Postponesdeletionoffilesoncrossingthequotalimit
    Extendsthequotalimitonrequirementbyallocatingfree
    unuseduserspace

    EQFS Operation
    Elasticfiles
    Whentomakefileselastic
    Whenquotaisfullandyouneedadditionalspace

    Whathappenswhenafileismadeelastic
    Owner'squotaisincreasedbyamountofthatfile'ssize
    Thatelasticfilebelongstothesameowner
    Theadditionalspaceistakenfromothersunusedspace(0.95)

    Whichfilestomakeelastic
    Fileswithlessimportance
    Temporaryfiles

    Riskinvolved
    Whenthethresholds(user,disk,group)arereached,theelasticfiles
    areacteduponasperthepolicyset(0.05)

    Where is EQFS?
    EQFSisathinfilesystemlayeraboveVFS
    Kernel

    EQFS
    VFS

    Underlying
    File
    System

    EQFS Architecture
    KernelSpace

    Kernel
    module

    UserSpace

    CharDevice

    Mel
    VFS

    EQFS
    Daemon

    Rel

    DB
    (GDBM)

    Thresholds
    EQFSworksaround3Thresholds
    UserThreshold
    DiskThreshold
    GroupThreshold

    Thresholds contd...
    USERS

    Grouptemp

    Group
    Staff
    Group
    thresholds

    Groupswith
    singleuser

    Userthreshold

    Group
    Student

    EQFS Commands
    EQFSprovidesfollowingcommandsfortheuser
    Melmakeelastic
    syntax:#mel<filename><operation>[parameter]
    filename:pathtothefile
    operation:actiontobetakenonthefile
    parameter:destinationincaseofmove&compress
    Relremoveelastic
    syntax:#rel<filename>
    SelShowelastic
    syntax:#sel

    Benchmarks (using Caldera AIM Independent Resource Suite IX)


    WithoutEQFS
    CPU(thousandopspersecond)

    Short
    Int
    Long
    Float
    Double

    Add
    Div
    2354400
    29160
    2215568
    30119
    2271768
    30708
    766800 129000
    766800 125400

    Mult
    346830
    394525
    375312
    432000
    461077

    Disk/FileSystem/IO(persecond)
    Dirsearches
    Copy
    SeqRead
    Create/Close

    34950
    56945
    247048
    142300

    Kb
    Kb
    files

    Benchmarks (using Caldera AIM Independent Resource Suite IX)


    WithEQFS
    CPU(thousandopspersecond)

    Short
    Int
    Long
    Float
    Double

    Add
    Div
    2354308
    29605
    2215448
    30106
    2271429
    30746
    766670 128920
    766650 125379

    Mult
    346826
    394522
    375309
    431969
    461075

    Disk/FileSystem/IO(persecond)
    Dirsearches
    Copy
    SeqRead
    Create/Close

    34946
    56940
    247044
    142229

    Kb
    Kb
    files

    Advantages

    EQFSmaximisestheserverspaceutilization
    fortheusers

    EQFSmeetsthevariablequotaneeds

    Transparentreclaimingmechanism

    Avoidtheindividualallocationofquotaforuserswithdifferent
    needs,whichisnotpracticalwherethenumberofusersarelarge

    Handlesthegroupquotasandkeepstheoverallusagewithin
    checkwithoutinternalinterference

    Postponesthedeletionoffilesunlessthethresholdisreached

    Advantages contd...
    EQFSis
    Independentoftheunderlyingfilesystem
    Workswiththestandardquotasystem(libquota,edquota)
    LowCPUusage
    Transparenttotheuser

    Thank You!
    FurtherInfo:eqfs.sourceforge.net

    Questions

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