Docker container storage quota

--storage-opt is supported only for overlay over xfs with ‘pquota’ mount option.

change data-root to somewhere else in /etc/docker/daemon.json

edit /etc/fstab and add our xfs block on new line (find uuid using blkid)

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docker run --storage-opt size=10M --rm -it alpine

when using devmapper make sure size is greater than 10G (default)

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docker run --storage-opt size=11G --r'm -it alpine

zfs, vfs (not a unionfs, but for testing) storage drivers also supports disk quota. you may use it by changing data-root to the related storage device.

Primary function of NAS is to download massive amount of (media) files. The NAS setup guides include many platforms to download movies.

https://www.zhihu.com/question/22129197/answer/1050613901

NAS is different from server, which may have thr same storage capacity but much more computational power.