Folder, Printer, and Share Management
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NAS 1500s and 500s Administration Guide
Because of the differences in the amount of storage requested for a file extension operation
and the amount actually allocated by Windows Storage Server 2003 for that extension, the user
may be allowed to exceed his quota by as much as one cluster. For example, assume the user
has a quota of 100 KB and has used 96 KB on a file system with a cluster size of 8 KB. The
user creates a file of 1 KB. Windows Storage Server 2003 requests 1024 bytes be allocated for
the file. Since this is less than the remaining quota for the user, the operation is allowed to
continue. However, if the cluster size is 8 KB, Windows Storage Server 2003 will actually
allocate 8 KB for the file. The user has now used 104 KB, and while this is allowed, future
attempts to create or extend files will fail.
Establishing directory quotas
Directory quotas are established in a two part fashion. First a policy is defined using the
policies selection from the Directories Policy Page. After a policy is established it can be
assigned to a particular directory via the WebUI
“New Directory Quota Wizard”
. By default
there are a number of predefined policies, these policies include:
■
100 MB Limit
■
500 MB Limit
■
Best Practices Report
■
Default
■
Monitor Directory
■
Partition Alert
Each of these policies provides an example of a particular policy type. Custom policies should
be created to meet the needs of the environment.
Figure 53: Policies Main Page