One challenge for systems administrators is convincing users to store their files on a network share rather than oenable disk quotas for the users, log on as an administrator, right click on the drive you want to limit, and select the quota tab. Check Enable quota management, and select other options as desired:
Disk Quotas are based on file ownership. So if User 1 creates a file that is 1MB in size, their quoted is decreased by that amount. Although, if User 2 takes ownership of the file, User 2's disk space is decreased and User 1 space is increased.
Note: The hard drive has to be formatted with NTFS to use this option.
To enable this feature, follow the steps below
Disk Quotas are based on file ownership. So if User 1 creates a file that is 1MB in size, their quoted is decreased by that amount. Although, if User 2 takes ownership of the file, User 2's disk space is decreased and User 1 space is increased.
Note: The hard drive has to be formatted with NTFS to use this option.
To enable this feature, follow the steps below
- From the Start menu, Click on 'My Computer'.
- Right-click the hard drive that you want to enable the Disk Quota feature on, and select Properties.
- Click the Quota tab.
- Check the 'Enable quota management' checkbox.
- Check the 'Deny disk space to users exceeding their quota limit'. By checking this option the user will receive an "insufficient disk space" error if they exceed their space limit.
- Click the 'Limit disk space to' radio button.
- Set the amount of disk space a user is allocated, and then enter value for the 'Set warning level to' option.
- Press the OK button.
- ***Enjoy the magic***
