Each Maseeh College computer account is given file-storage space. The amount of space you’re given is called your “disk quota.” Disk quota is determined by the category of your account.

Note: Your Linux disk quota is the storage limit of all your Linux home directories combined. This means that if you have used 1700MB, that is the total disk usage of your home directories under /home/[username].

Default Combined Quota:   20GB

Viewing Your Disk Quota

To see if you are within you disk quota limit login to https://intranet.cecs.pdx.edu with your MCECS username and password.

If your disk usage is close to, or over, the limit, you might experience one or all of the following:

  • Being unable to save files.
  • Applications may not open.
  • Currently running applications may exhibit problems.

You will not be able to resolve these issues until your total disk usage drops below the limit.

What to Do When You Are Over Quota

If you find yourself over quota, there are some things that can help.

  1. Delete any large and no longer needed files from places like your Downloads or Documents folders.
  2. Check and clear your browser caches. For Firefox, you can reduce the size of its cache through the Tools->Clear Recent History dialog box. The process should be similar for other browsers.
  3. Consider throwing out object ( *.o) files.
  4. Compress files that you may need but seldom use, and investigate backing up archival material to a USB drive or some other medium.

Quota Increases

If you have a compelling need to increase your disk quota, it may be increased. You will need a faculty member to sponsor you by sending a request to support@cat.pdx.edu on your behalf.

Housekeeping

We advise you to go through your files regularly and delete or compress unneeded files; save e-mail attachments as files, and delete the original mail; and delete or trim Internet browser caches.

How To See What Is Using Up Your Disk Quota

du -sk /home/username

Sums up your total disk usage (in kilobytes).

du -ak /home/username | sort -n | less

Displays every file and its disk space (in kilobytes).
The “sort -n” sorts it numerically and “less” gives you just a screenful at a time (press the spacebar to see next screen).

ncdu ~

Shows a Terminal User Interface (TUI) that allows you to browse your files and their sizes. You can use the arrows keys to navigate the files, press enter to go into a folder, press backspace to get out of a folder, and press “q” to quit. You can also press “?” to get a help menu.