Dell PowerVault 725N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 10)

l The warning level specifies the point at which the event log displays that a user is nearing the quota limit within a specific volume.
For example, you can set a user's disk quota limit to 50 MB and the disk quota warning level to 45 MB. With these 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 users but allow the users to exceed that quota limit. When you enable quotas without limiting disk space, you can
track disk-space use on a per-user basis without denying users access to a volume when they exceed that limit. It is also possible to specify whether the
system logs an event when a user exceeds the quota warning level and quota limit.
Enabling or Disabling Disk Quotas
To enable or disable quota management on a volume, perform the following steps:
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.
6. On the Default Quota for volume page, click the appropriate check box to enable or disable quota management.
7. Select the quota size and settings for this volume.
8. Click OK.
Adding Disk Quota Entries
The Quota Entries page allows you to add, delete, or configure disk quotas for any NAS system user.
When you enable disk quotas for an existing volume, volume usage is automatically tracked for new users from that point forward. However, existing volume
users have no disk quotas applied to them. You can apply disk quotas to existing volume 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.