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The action taken when the fileset reaches its quota size (100 GB in this instance)
depends on whether the quota is defined as hard or soft. If a hard quota is used,
once the threshold is reached, any more client requests to add more space to the
fileset (by creating or extending files) will be denied. If a soft quota is used, which
is the default, more space can be allocated, but alerts will continue to be sent. Of
course, once the amount of physical storage available to a SAN File System is
exceeded, no more space can be used. The quota limit, threshold, and quota
type can be set differently and indiv ...