btrfs-quota(8) ============== SYNOPSIS -------- **btrfs quota** DESCRIPTION ----------- The commands under :command:`btrfs quota` are used to affect the global status of quotas of a btrfs filesystem. The quota groups (qgroups) are managed by the subcommand :doc:`btrfs-qgroup(8)`. .. note:: Qgroups are different than the traditional user quotas and designed to track shared and exclusive data per-subvolume. Please refer to the section *HIERARCHICAL QUOTA GROUP CONCEPTS* for a detailed description. PERFORMANCE IMPLICATIONS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When quotas are activated, they affect all extent processing, which takes a performance hit. Activation of qgroups is not recommended unless the user intends to actually use them. STABILITY STATUS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The qgroup implementation has turned out to be quite difficult as it affects the core of the filesystem operation. Qgroup users have hit various corner cases over time, such as incorrect accounting or system instability. The situation is gradually improving and issues found and fixed. HIERARCHICAL QUOTA GROUP CONCEPTS --------------------------------- .. include:: ch-quota-intro.rst SUBCOMMAND ---------- disable Disable subvolume quota support for a filesystem. enable Enable subvolume quota support for a filesystem. rescan [options] Trash all qgroup numbers and scan the metadata again with the current config. ``Options`` -s|--status show status of a running rescan operation. -w|--wait start rescan and wait for it to finish (can be already in progress) -W|--wait-norescan wait for rescan to finish without starting it EXIT STATUS ----------- **btrfs quota** returns a zero exit status if it succeeds. Non zero is returned in case of failure. AVAILABILITY ------------ **btrfs** is part of btrfs-progs. Please refer to the documentation at `https://btrfs.readthedocs.io `_. SEE ALSO -------- :doc:`btrfs-qgroup(8)`, :doc:`btrfs-subvolume(8)`, :doc:`mkfs.btrfs(8)`