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Managing Resources Quotas

You can control key resources that will be available on CloudShare for a subscription or a project. CloudShare monitors the value of each Quota Metric you define and triggers the assigned Quota Action in real time when a limit is exceeded.

CloudShare resource quota settings currently use only soft limits. 

You access the specific settings that will be used to limit CloudShare resources from the Project Details page.

  1. From the Account Management menu, click Projects. The list of current projects is displayed.
  2. Click the name of the project for which you want to set quota settings. The Project Details is displayed.
  3. On the Actions list at the top of the page, click Manage Resources Quota. The Resources Quota page is displayed.
  4. In the Cloud Type section, choose CloudShare to display the CloudShare resource quota settings. The Resources Quota dialog will be displayed:

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  1. From the Quota Scope drop-down list, choose from:
    • Subscription to limit consumption for CloudShare resources in the entire subscription (available to Account Managers only); or
    • Project to limit resource consumption for a selected project.
  2. From the menu at the top of the page, click New Metric. The New Quota Metric pop-up is displayed:

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    Note: Be sure to consider carefully the potential resource requirements of all running instances when you define quotas that will be applied at the subscription or project level.
  3. From the Metric Type drop-down list, select the metric that will be tracked for quota limitation.
  4. From the Enabled drop-down list, choose Yes to use the current metric as a resource limit. Choosing No will temporarily stop the metric from being used as a limit. To permanently remove a metric type from the list, activate its checkbox and click Delete from the menu at the top of the page.
  5. Enter a Soft Limit for the metric. The number you enter must be valid for the selected metric type and sub-type. When 80% of this limit is reached, CloudShare sends an email.
  6. When you finish defining the current Quota Metric, click Submit. The metric will be stored.

Available Quota Actions

Currently, CloudShare resource quotas support a soft limit only, enforced by email notifications.

CloudShare Action Description Notifications by Scope
Send email Notifies specific users when 80% of the assigned quota limit is reached. The email includes information about the affected project, environment, and class (as applicable) - as well as key details about the metric that was exceeded.
  • Subscription: Account Managers
  • Project: Project Managers


Available Quota Metrics

Currently, the metrics that are available for managing a CloudShare resource quota are:

  • User Hours. The total usage time by all users in the current calendar month for the selected subscription or project, expressed in hours.
  • RAM GB-Hours. The total RAM GB hours used by all users in the current calendar month for the selected subscription or project.
  • Disk GB-Hours. The total disk space GB hours used by all users in the current calendar month for the selected subscription or project.

Actual CloudShare utilization consumption appears to the right of each metric, along with its current percent of the assigned quota. This real-time value helps you to quickly assess the status of your project resources.

Tip

You can also monitor real-time resource utilization status in the Resources Consumption Widget, found on CloudShare's Activity Overview page.

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