[Beowulf] { hopefully on topic } tools for measuring dir sizes and growth trends on 30TB+ scale-out NAS?

[Lux, Jim (337C)]

From: <Hearns>, John Hearns <john.hearns at mclaren.com<mailto:john.hearns at mclaren.com>>
Date: Wednesday, July 3, 2013 5:35 AM
To: "beowulf at beowulf.org<mailto:beowulf at beowulf.org>" <beowulf at beowulf.org<mailto:beowulf at beowulf.org>>
Subject: Re: [Beowulf] { hopefully on topic } tools for measuring dir sizes and growth trends on 30TB+ scale-out NAS?




> It is indeed. It's more like a swiss-army knife for filesystems, and
> we (at CEA) use it for a whole variety of purposes, from HSM
> migrations to users scoring (we give each user a score based on the
> profile of their files, and we tie quota exceptions to that score),

A score is a good idea.
I find it useful to hand out gold stars to the good users.
I also have a naughty step for the bad ones.
http://www.jofrost.com/naughty-step-technique/


(I am only half joking - I really HAVE threatened to get a naughty step for users!)



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)

Spinal Tap's manager Ian Faith seemed to favor the use of a sturdy cricket bat to gain the attention of the listeners.


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