FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Home directory quota bands - clarification Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:06:04 +0000 From: Metcalfe, Christopher J <c.metcalfe@imperial.ac.uk> To: ICTAP Members <ccs-dept@imperial.ac.uk> Dear Colleagues The information I published recently regarding the changes to the new Home Directory Quota Bands has raised some comment and I undertook to clarify the situation. After discussion with ICT colleagues we now feel the information below better states the position on default quota bands and, with the examples below, also clarifies how the costs associated with changing bands will work. In response to questions, ICT is NOT at considering any further default quota limit changes at the present time. Due to the increasing complexity of managing Home Directory Quota Allowances, ICT will be introducing a simplified bands of disk quotas, based on a flat rate of £2.50 per GB, as follows: Quota Band (GB) Additional Annual Cost from Base 4GB for UGs and Service Accounts Additional Annual Cost from Base 8GB for Research / Taught PGs and Staff 4 Default – No Charge N/A 8 £10.00 Default – No Charge 12 £20.00 £10.00 16 £30.00 £20.00 20 £40.00 £30.00 *A one off fee of £10.00 will also be made to administer the change of each Quota Band request* *Departments may make a case for the quota for individual student to be increased, in these cases no additional charge will be made.* The table above reflects that the original default quota amount remains free of charge when a move to another band is made and it is only the amount over and above the default amount which will be charged (currently at £2.50 / GB). For example: A staff move from 8GB to 12GB would cost (12 - 8) x £2.50 = £10.00 per year whereas a UG move (without Dept support) from 4GB to 16GB would cost (16 – 4) x £2.50 = £30.00 per year plus in both cases a one-off Band Increase fee of £10.00 As noted previously these new quota bands and charges will come into effect from November 1^st 2013 and will be reflected in the published ICT SLA document shortly. Regards. Chris *Chris Metcalfe* *Technical Manager - Architecture** *Information and Communication Technologies Level 4, Sherfield Building Imperial College London South Kensington Campus London SW7 2AZ Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 7286 Fax: +44 (0)20 7594 6919 E-mail: c.metcalfe@imperial.ac.uk <mailto:c.metcalfe@imperial.ac.uk>