# Finding remaining space in upload module

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-remaining-space-in-upload-module/208594>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [June 22, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-remaining-space-in-upload-module/208594 "2011-06-22T07:11:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 22, 2011, 7:11am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/finding-remaining-space-in-upload-module/208594/1 "2011-06-22T07:11:56Z")

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Hi All,

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       I have come up with one doubt . for example if 100 users are

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uploading 1GB file concurrently .and i have only 50GB

free space in my hard Disk.here i dont want to allow after 50 users  
started to upload file.i want to restrict users who comes after 50 and  
i want tell the users nomemory to allocate .if i can do that? How can i  
do that?.is there any 3rd party module to handle it or do i have to  
enable any module?

Thanks

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> **[finding remaining space in upload module](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,208915,208915#msg-208915)**
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> Hi All, I have come up with one doubt . for example if 100 users are uploading 1GB file concurrently .and i have only 50GB free space in my hard Disk.here i dont want to allow after 50 users started to upload file.i want to restrict users who comes...