How to fix Unable to Delete Files due to “disk quota exceeded” Error
Issue
When mounted drive was full of data and/or hit the maximum disk quota, It's not able to delete or modify any files
root@239:~> rm -rf testfile1
rm: cannot remove regular file `testfile1': Disk quota exceeded
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.X
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.X
- NFS
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