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Quota Rules Parameters Table
Parameter
Unit
Definition
What you can set to… Tips
HOST IP
IP
address
Host IP is an IP address
or subnet range for
which the rule applies.
x.x.x.x (10.0.0.28)
/32 = one IP address
/24, /16 etcetera to apply
to a subnet.
If you define for an
entire subnet, the
Quota Amount is a
BYTE LIMIT FOR
EACH IP (not shared
across IPs).
Quota
Amount
Bytes
The total amount of
Download bytes allowed
before the QUOTA
restriction kicks in.
Any value in bytes.
For 1 GB, you would
enter 1000000000.
(1,000,000,000 bytes)
Do not put commas
in the rule.
Under Maintenance
and Reference Menu,
use the Bytes/Bits
Conversion
Calculator.
Duration
Minutes Quota Amount applies
for this amount of time
(duration).
If the QUOTA amount
goes over during that
time the restriction will
be enforced for the rest
of that time period.
Once the time expires,
the quota restriction is
reset, and the time
starts over.
One (1) day would be
1440 (24*60).
If Quota Amount was set
to 2000000 (2meg), and
Duration was 1440, the
IP address would be
restricted to 2meg over 1
Day.
Industry best
practice for ISPs is to
set Duration =1
week.
To span 1 Week =
10080
7 days * 24 hours *
60 minutes
To span Days:
# days * 24 hours *
60 minutes
To span Hours:
# hours * 60
minutes
Hard Limit
Restriction
Bytes per
second
The amount the IP or
subnet will be set to if it
exceeds its limit (if it
goes over Quota
Amount in Duration).
Any value in bytes per
second.
Enforced on
downloads only.
Contact
Google
Email
address
(gmail)
Who to send an email to
if an alarm is raised.
Any valid gmail address
that is also set up in the
Quota System.
Only 1 violation per hour
is emailed out per IP
address.
IP addresses that share a
Contact Email will go out
in one notification.
gmail address must
also be set-up in
Configure User
Quotas -> Setup
Gmail Notices
window for this to
work.
Note: Quota Hard Limit Restrictions are only enforced on downloads. Uploads are not
restricted. This is a simplification that we put in place as 99 percent of problems are
download-related.
To reduce the number of emails, use the same Contact for each Quota Rule. If a quota
violation occurs, we will send one (1) email per hour to that address containing all
violations. If you had 100 Quota Rules set up, and 25 violations occurred, you would see
