Disk Quota Advice

[Molenski]

Hi there,

We are having the usual Disk space problems and are thinking about implementing Disk Quotas. I have a question.

We use a Hardware based RAID 5 (6 Disk 1 Online Spare) and split the disk into 2 primary NTFS partitions, boot and data. We configure the D:\ to host the Users, Groups, Public etc folders.

My question is, with this configuration, is it possible to enable Disk Quotas (on the volume) for the users home directories so the quotas won't affect what's in the group areas? In other words, if I enable Quota Management set to 100Mbs on the volume containing Home Directories, Groups, Public what will the knock on effect be on these other folders if any?

Would it be more sensible to split the drive again; 3 logical drives and keep the users home directories seperate and enable disk quotas on that particulare volume?

Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas!!!

Molenski
As my bessie bud Kev always says - Get involved!!!

 

[Roadki11]

Disk quota's affect the entire drive volume and can only be controlled at the drive volume level. you can manage different quota values for each user on the volume but any quota on the volume affects the entire volume. you should probably create an additional volume to exempt the public folders from being affected by the quota. here is a link that explains quota's a bit.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/quotas.mspx

Hope this helps,

RoadKi11

 

[LWComputingMVP]

Depends. The quota system in 2003 R2 permits quotas by folder. The quota system before that affects the entire partition. In which case, you are limited to making separate partitions OR using a 3rd party quota software package.

Frankly, I always setup different logical drives - just makes things easier to manage overall.

 

[Molenski]

Thanks to you both for this. Just as I thought! Have a great Xmas.

Molenski
As my bessie bud Kev always says - Get involved!!!

 

[richyd]

On Windows 2003 Server, you can set the quota for the volume and then click 'Quota Entries' to set different quotas for individual accounts. This is a great way so you don't have to create seperate volumes for quota limits.