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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span><Hearns>, John Hearns <<a href="mailto:john.hearns@mclaren.com">john.hearns@mclaren.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Wednesday, July 3, 2013 5:35 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:beowulf@beowulf.org">beowulf@beowulf.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:beowulf@beowulf.org">beowulf@beowulf.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: [Beowulf] { hopefully on topic } tools for measuring dir sizes and growth trends on 30TB+ scale-out NAS?<br>
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> It is indeed. It's more like a swiss-army knife for filesystems, and<br>
> we (at CEA) use it for a whole variety of purposes, from HSM<br>
> migrations to users scoring (we give each user a score based on the<br>
> profile of their files, and we tie quota exceptions to that score),<br>
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A score is a good idea.<br>
I find it useful to hand out gold stars to the good users.<br>
I also have a naughty step for the bad ones.<br>
<a href="http://www.jofrost.com/naughty-step-technique/" target="_blank">http://www.jofrost.com/naughty-step-technique/</a><br>
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(I am only half joking - I really HAVE threatened to get a naughty step for users!)<br>
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<div>RGB mentions the figurative use of a "sucker rod" and the related flogging. (I am assuming that he was using a short length of the rod.. The full 20 feet or so is a bit unwieldy) {I can't recall how to search the archived list so I can't provide specifics)</div>
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<div>Spinal Tap's manager Ian Faith seemed to favor the use of a sturdy cricket bat to gain the attention of the listeners.</div>
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