Arman Asked: 2010-09-30 06:41:51 +0800 CST2010-09-30 06:41:51 +0800 CST 2010-09-30 06:41:51 +0800 CST Are there way to prevent HDD flooding from users? 772 We have several users on linux computing pool, are there way to "shape" the IO per user(like a net shaping analogue..)? Is it possible? Can we restrict the number of IO threads per user? Thanks. Arman. linux configuration traffic 3 Answers Voted Best Answer janneb 2010-09-30T06:50:32+08:002010-09-30T06:50:32+08:00 You can use the cgroups feature to set up a "fair share" hierarchy for disk bandwidth. gjb 2010-09-30T06:48:04+08:002010-09-30T06:48:04+08:00 Not that I'm aware of at an OS level, but VMware allows I/O limits per virtual machine, if that is of any use. Dennis Williamson 2010-09-30T06:59:02+08:002010-09-30T06:59:02+08:00 You should be able to use quotas to set a limit on space, but that doesn't limit IO.
You can use the cgroups feature to set up a "fair share" hierarchy for disk bandwidth.
Not that I'm aware of at an OS level, but VMware allows I/O limits per virtual machine, if that is of any use.
You should be able to use quotas to set a limit on space, but that doesn't limit IO.