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Subject: Re: Jail and disk space
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Tim Aslat wrote:

> "DrVince" <drvince@anonymnet.net> wrote:
> 
>>Could I use quota to limit jails?
> 
> Not really, but you might be able to use a "memory disk" (man md,
> mdconfig) to limit the entire jail to a set size.
> 
> I haven't tried this myself, but I'm guessing something like this should
> work.

This sounds like a great idea. It would make backups and moving resp. 
copying jails much easier.

Thanks for this thought. I'll try it today.

Björn