Resource Limits for COSC Undergraduates

In general, resource limits are enforced by providing a quota or by charging students.

CSSE Linux and Digital Services Windows Accounts

The following resources are limited in some way:

  • Disk space:
    Each account has a disk space quota that cannot be exceeded. The current default quota for undergraduates is 50GB for the Windows and 50GB for Linux. These are available on Windows as P: for the login directory and H: for the linux home. On Linux machines the home is /csse/users/<username> and the Windows P drive is accessible in /uc/users<letter>/<username>/Home where letter is the first letter of your username of the format abc123.

    In a file browser, right click select properties to get a summary of files and disk usage. Once an account's quota is exhausted, or the disk containing an account's files fills up, files must be deleted before work can continue.

  • Printing:
    CSSE machines use the Digital Services print servers. Printing to CSSE printers is charged to each student's Digital Services account at their standard rates (a sheet printed on both sides is charged as two pages). A separate document gives details on how to print various types of files on CSSE Linux accounts.