Dell PowerVault 715N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 15)

For example, you can set a user's disk quota limit to 50 megabytes (MB) and the disk quota warning level to 45 MB. With
the settings, the user can store no more than 50 MB on the volume. If the user stores more than 45 MB on the volume,
you can set the disk quota system to log a system event to the event log.
In addition, you can specify a quota limit for the users but allow the users to exceed that quota limit. Enabling quotas and
not limiting disk space use is useful when you want to track disk space use on a per-user basis but do not want to deny
users access to a volume when they exceed that limit. You can also specify whether the system should log an event when
a user exceeds either their quota warning level or their quota limit.
Enabling Disk Quota Management
To enable or disable quota management on a volume, perform the following steps:
1. On the primary menu of the NAS Manager, click Disks.
2. Click Disk Quota.
3. On the Volumes and Quotas page, select the volume to manage.
4. On the Tasks list, select Quota.
5. On the Default Quota for <volume> page, click the appropriate check box to enable or disable quota
management.
6. Select the quota size and settings for this volume.
7. Click OK.
Adding Disk Quota Entries
The Quota Entries page allows you to add, delete, or configure disk quotas for any user of the NAS appliance.
When you enable disk quotas for an existing volume, volume usage is automatically tracked for new users from that point
on. However, existing volume users have no disk quotas applied to them. You can apply disk quotas to those existing
volume users by adding new quota entries in the Quota Entries window.
To add a new quota entry, perform the following steps:
1. On the NAS Manager primary menu, click Disks.
2. On the Disks page, select Disk Quota.
3. On the Disk Quota page, select the volume to manage.
4. From the Tasks list, select Quota Entries.
5. On the Tasks list, select New....
6. Select a local user from the list box, or type the name of a domain account in the text box (using the
name\user name>).
7. To allow unlimited disk space usage, click the Do not limit disk usage radio button, and then go to step 9.
Otherwise, go to step 8.
8. To limit disk space, perform the following steps:
a. Click the Limit disk space to radio button.
b. In the text box, enter a numerical value to specify the amount of disk space to assign to a particular user or
group. Use the drop-down box to indicate kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), terabytes (TB),
petabytes (PB), or exabytes (EB).
c. Enter the amount of disk space which, when filled, triggers a warning to the user or group member that the
used disk space is near the disk-capacity limit. Use the drop-down box to indicate KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, or
EB.
9. Click OK.