# What does --quota-size?

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/what-does-quota-size/2546
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 17, 2018, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/what-does-quota-size/2546 "2018-02-17T11:32:17Z")
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### Author: ![thommyX](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@thommyX](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/thommyX)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2018, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/what-does-quota-size/2546/3 "2018-02-17T21:17:40Z")

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> [@How to handle full disk](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-handle-full-disk/1887/2):
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> Unfortunately not. There is a --quota-size parameter however it is currently only used as a placeholder if the destination doesn’t report one. It would be nice to have, though… slight_smile

I have read that before. But what I haven’t understood (and I still do not understand it), what means

**it is currently only used as a placeholder if the destination doesn’t report one.**

The commandline help says something similar

**If the backend reports the size itself, this value is ignored**

So what is done with the quota if the destination reports one and if not the quota-size is used. But for what?

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