Motivation
In order to insure we have sufficient resources for all SVPAL users,
we must impose limits on the amount of storage each account uses
on our systems.
This storage limitation is referred to as a "quota" or "disk quota".
Accounts that exceed quota may incur a disk usage change
based upon the average monthly disk usage.
Soft (Free) Quota - 20MB
The soft quota defines the amount of system storage an account
may use for free.
The soft quota for each account is 20MB.
When an account exceeds the soft quota,
it is sent a warning about excess usage.
Hard (Maximum) Quota - 100MB
The hard quota defines the maximum amount of storage an account may use.
When an account reaches the hard quota no more files or email
may be stored for that account.
If you need more than 100MB of storage, contact
support to have the limit raised for your account.
Disk Charge
Accounts that keep their average monthly disk usage under the soft quota
(20MB) incur no disk charges.
Accounts whose average monthly disk usage exceeds their soft quota
are charged $.01/MB each month that they exceed the quota.
The average monthly disk usage is rounded up the next whole megabyte
when computing this charge. For example:
An account whose average monthly disk usage is
20.1MB (megabytes) exceeds the soft quota of 20MB by .1MB.
When computing the disk usage charge this .1MB is rounded up
to 1MB and a $.01 disk usage charge is imposed for that month.
In another example:
An account whose average monthly disk usage is
24.9MB (megabytes) exceeds the soft quota of 20MB by 4.9MB.
When computing the disk usage charge this 4.9MB is rounded up
to 5MB and a $.05 disk usage charge is imposed for that month.
Average Monthly Disk Usage
Each day at approximately 3am the system records the disk usage
for each account on the system.
This is the daily disk usage for each account.
At the end of each month, the system computes and records
the average monthly usage for each account by summing
the daily values of each account and dividing by the number of days
in that month.
Flexibility
The quota system has been designed to be forgiving.
It allows users to temporarily exceed their quota by substantial
amounts as long as the monthly average is maintained below
the soft quota.
If your average monthly usage exceeds the soft quota
you will incur a modest disk usage charges in addition to your
normal monthly account charges.
If you must leave your mail inbox unmonitored for a period
of time, the only cost is a modest disk usage charge.
No special arrangements are needed.
However, if your usage reaches the hard quota, you may lose
email or other content you store on the system.
If you need this much storage on the system, contact support
so that we may raise your hard quota to an appropriate level.
Email Inbox
Your SVPAL account stores incoming email in your email inbox.
Your email inbox consumes disk space on the system and counts
against your disk quota.
Downloading your email normally deletes it from your inbox
and keeps your account under the 20MB soft quota.
If you use the menu system with Pine, you need to delete
email from your inbox keep under your account soft quota.
Account Folder
Your SVPAL account allows you to store files in your account folder.
This storage may be used to store saved email, personal web site files,
Usenet news, or any other file storage you require.
Saved email is typically stored in the Mail sub-folder.
Saved Usenet news is typically stored in the News sub-folder.
Your personal web site files are stored in the public_html
sub-folder.
Scratch Folder
Each SVPAL account has a scratch folder where files may
be temporarily stored.
The scratch folder is intended as an area where you
can place files for download.
Files placed in you scratch folder are automatically deleted
within 48 hours.
You should delete these files yourself when you are done with
them to allow other users to use the disk storage that
these files are occupying.
In any case, the system will delete these files.
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