Directory quota management for NFS file shares

When using du/df commands on NFS client systems, the entire capacity of the volume is reported even when directory quotas are restricting the capacity.

For example: A directory quota has a capacity of 100 GiB on a 1TiB volume. An SMB user looks at the file share that has the quota applied and sees the capacity of 100 GiB. An NFS user looks at the file share that has the quota applied (using the df command) and sees 1TiB. The NFS user sees the volume size, but cannot exceed the set capacity limit.

To notify an NFS user about the actual capacity, set up a threshold for the directory quota. Create a directory quota template with a capacity limit and the Send Email trigger action option. When the threshold is nearing or has reached the set limit, an email is sent to the specified users.