Establishing Directory Quotas - HP 345646-001 - StorageWorks NAS 2000s External Storage Server Administration Manual

Because of the differences in the amount of storage requested for a file extension operation
and the amount actually allocated by Windows 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 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 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
there are a number of predefined policies, these policies include:
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 80: Policies Main Page
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100 MB Limit
500 MB Limit
Best Practices Report
Default
Monitor Directory
Partition Alert
Folder, Printer, and Share Management
"New Directory Quota Wizard"
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