[Kolab-devel] (fwd) how to deal with quotas / suggested feature "monthly quota increase"

[Jeroen van Meeuwen (Kolab Systems)]

Gunnar Wrobel wrote:
> Zitat von Gavin McCullagh <gavin.mccullagh at gcd.ie>:
> > I propose to introduce a simple linear quota increase scheme in our
> > organisation.  A new user starts with a standard quota of C.  Then, each
> > fixed period (probably month), we increase the quota by a standard amount
> > M.
> > 	Q(t) = M*t + C
> >
> 
> The script managing the quota probably would not be the problem. What  
> I'm not certain about is adding the "M" value as a new LDAP attribute.  
> Changes to the LDAP schema usually don't make me too happy. They are  
> easy to add but usually also need to be maintained. The are many  
> configuration variables one could set for a user but whether keeping  
> these in LDAP in really a sensible approach is another matter.
> 
> Of course the kolabInetOrgPerson already offers the quota setting  
> "cyrus-userquota". So it seems natural adding such a new setting close  
> to it.
> 
> Jeroen, you have been looking at improving the LDAP schema lately. Can  
> I get your opinion here?
> 

Let's forget about cyrus-userquota. *POOF*! Just like that.

Let's take a more generic name for the quota the mail environment uses, such 
as, maybe, mailQuota from "LDAP Schema for Internet Mail" - or the Netscape 
schema[1].

For the purpose of OP, let's have a look at this message:

  http://lists.andrew.cmu.edu/pipermail/info-cyrus/2009-July/031300.html

The combination of cyrus_get_quota.pl and cyrus_ldap_quota.pl should get you 
started.

Storing the routine in LDAP though is not feasible; Maybe you only want this 
for road warriors, or any other subset of the LDAP entries, maybe you want it 
per domain. I think it's better to avoid storing such in LDAP.

Kind regards,

[1] http://www.ietf.org/proceedings/43/I-D/draft-srivastava-ldap-mail-00.txt

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