Modifying quota properties – Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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users by adding new quota entries in the Quota Entries window.

To add a new quota entry, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the NAS Manager.

2. Click Disks.

3. Click Disk Quota.

4. On the Disk Quota page, click the volume to manage.

5. Click Quota Entries.

6. Click New.

7. Select a local user from the list box, or type the name of a domain account in the text box (in the format

domain_name\user_name).

8. To allow unlimited disk space usage, click the Do not limit disk usage radio button, and then go to step 10.

Otherwise, go to step 9.

9. 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 select kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), terabytes (TB),

petabytes (PB), or exabytes (EB).

c. Enter the amount of disk space that, 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 select KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, or EB.

10. Click OK.

Modifying Quota Properties

1. Log in to the NAS Manager.

2. Click Disks.

3. Click Disk Quota.

4. On the Volumes and Quotas page, click the volume to manage.

5. Click Quota Entries.

6. In the Logon list on the Quota Entries page for the selected volume, select a user account.

7. Click Properties.

8. On the Quota entry for user page, click the Do not limit disk usage radio button to allow unlimited disk use, or

perform the following procedure to limit disk space:

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 select KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, or EB.

c. Enter the amount of disk space that, 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 select KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, or EB.

NOTE:

Any previously entered warning level does not appear in the text box. However, the warning level is still

set on the NAS system.

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