Re: File Server Space out of control!!! Please help with storage t

Thank you, I have considered some of those. Is there an upgrade from Windows
2003 Server to RC2?

"Jabez Gan [MVP]" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> You will need to get to know a few features that comes with WinServer 2003.
>
> Here I'll briefly give you a few features of WinServer2003 which can help
> ease your job:
>
> FSRM - File Storage Resource Manager (only comes with WinSerevr 2003 R2):
> You can use it to set quota to user directories on the maximum allowed
> folder size. The user will not be able to store more files if the quota is
> exceeded. With FSRM, you as the admin can also audit or effectively monitor
> the usage of users directories, and also can limit to what type of files you
> can store. You can find more about FSRM at
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/R2/storage/default.mspx
>
> You can also enable quota management, based on users (FSRM is based on
> folders). This is a built in feature of WinXP/2003 and you can easily enable
> it by right clicking on your hard disk > Properties > Quota.
>
> http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/file/ntfs/otherQuotas-c.html
>
> There's tons of other ways, but I suggest that you start reading from:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/default.mspx
>
>
> --
> Jabez Gan [MVP]
> Microsoft MVP: Windows Server
> http://www.blizhosting.com
> MSBLOG: http://msblog.resdev.net
>
>
> "Jwolfer" <Jwolfer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:9D585474-9A4E-410C-8A21-386287493DE9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > I am a budding network admin, still learning some of the best ways to
> > manage
> > certain aspects of network and system administration.
> >
> > I have an office of about 50 employees, who have no concept of what
> > constitutes a large file size. I have some Powerpoint presentations over
> > 500
> > MB, some TIF images over 200 MB. This is causing our storage server to
> > fill
> > up faster than expected, and only gets worse every day.
> >
> > I have no idea how to go about getting it through their heads that file
> > size
> > is important. How do you guys enforce file size restrictions, folder size
> > restrictions etc?
> >
> > I am barely treading water here, and afraid I am going to drown in a lack
> > of
> > space and backup tidalwave!
> >
> > Please help!
>
>
>
.

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