Re: server space/usage control software suggestions wanted


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"Clubsprint" <spamspamspamspam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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G'day all
I'm looking for some way of controlling how much space
is used in the users personal and shared directories on
the file and print servers. Can someone please suggest
ways of doing this/products. As far as I can tell there
is no way to do this with just the OS (Netware could do
this decades ago).
Mark


Under some versions of Windows Server you can set quotas.
Stop reminiscing about Netware and check Help on your
server . . .


Quotas are not directory specific, maybe you should check out Help
yourself.
Looking for real technique/product suggestions, not smartass.

Interesting. When you reminisce about the good ole Netware days
then it's OK. When I suggest you should read the Windows help
files then you become abusive. Anyway, I took my own medicine
and checked the help files. Here is what they say:
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To modify user disk space limits and warning levels
Using the Windows interface

Open My Computer.
Right-click the volume for which you want to modify quota values, and then
click Properties.
In the Properties dialog box, click the Quota tab.
On the Quota tab, click Quota Entries.
In the Quota Entries window, click the entries for the users whose options
you want to modify, and on the Quota menu, click Properties.
In the Quota Settings dialog box, modify any of the following options you
want to change, and then click OK:
Do not limit disk usage. Click to track disk space usage without limiting
disk space.

Limit disk space to. Activates fields for limiting disk space and setting
warning levels. Type a numeric value in the text field, and select a disk
space limit unit from the drop-down list. You can use decimal values (for
example, 20.5 MB).
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Note the phrase "click the entries for the users whose
options you want to modify". It appears to provide
a good answer for your original question.


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