User quota calculation

neur0

• January 24, 2014 09:51

It's rare, but sometimes my cPanel server needs to be restarted or is restarted unintentionally. When this happens, it takes more than an hour for the server to come back online because it is calculating quotas on the root file system. What would be the consequence of turning quotas off? Is there any way to optimize or postpone this operation on boot?

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 24, 2014 15:16

  Hello :) Is this a VPS or a dedicated server? If it's a VPS, which VPS software is utilized on the hardware node? Thank you.

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  neur0

  • January 27, 2014 08:49

  VPS - KVM/qemu on Debian if this is what you mean.

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 27, 2014 16:28

  I recommend reviewing the documentation of the VPS software in-use or contacting their support team to determine if it's possible to disable quota calculation when the VPS starts. I know it's possible with OpenVZ/Virtuozzo, but the steps would be different with the software you are using. Thank you.

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  neur0

  • January 31, 2014 14:00

  I can disable quota calculation on startup, but I would like to know if this affects anything related to cPanel. Does cPanel calculate/limit disk space usage with system quotas?

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  cPanelMichael

  • January 31, 2014 14:11

  [quote="neur0, post: 1560801">I can disable quota calculation on startup, but I would like to know if this affects anything related to cPanel. Does cPanel calculate/limit disk space usage with system quotas?
  Yes, cPanel uses system quotas when calculating disk space usage. Based on your initial message, I am under the impression you are attempting to disable the calculation of the disk space usage during startup, and not disable quota completely. Thank you.

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