Re: [Vserver] reiserfs user quotas

From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert_at_13thfloor.at>
Date: Wed 13 Sep 2006 - 19:16:58 BST
Message-ID: <20060913181658.GA11308@MAIL.13thfloor.at>

On Tue, Sep 12, 2006 at 09:46:25PM -0400, Chuck wrote:
> On Wednesday 06 September 2006 20:31, Georges Toth wrote:
>
> looks good. just have to figure how to modify it to fit my needs... i
> mount all vserver guest partitions on boot even if they do not start..
> in our systems vserver guest mounts are independent of running them.
>
> will this info presented at this site cause any damage to existing
> data in an existing guest if i wished to add quotas to it now after it
> has been running without them? or should i prepare to archive it and
> see a wiped partition for reinstall after?

I hope not, but it is always better to be prepared :)

best,
Herbert

> > On Thursday 07 September 2006 02:08, Chuck wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 06 September 2006 16:18, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 08:43:16AM -0400, Chuck wrote:
> > > > > we use reiserfs v3 in each guest.
> > > > >
> > > > > each guest is its own partition using lvm to solve guest server total
> > > > > quota
> > > > >
> > > > > is there a way to manage user disk quotas separately within each
> > > > > guest?
> > > >
> > > > yes, should work fine with the help of vroot
> > > > (you need one device per guest)
> > >
> > > ok will look into this.. im not sure i was completely clear on our setup..
> > > each vserver has its own partition so its controlled by that for the
> server
> > > itself..
> >
> > You have to use vroot, as Herbert mentioned....
> >
> > See this guide for in-detail instructions on how to use quotas in this
> > situation:
> >
> http://www.5dollarwhitebox.org/wiki/index.php/Howtos_Linux-Vserver_With_LVM_And_Quotas
> >
> >
> > Hope that helps :-)
> >
> > --
> >
> > regards,
> > Georges Toth
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> Chuck
>
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