Pasting to quota drive

[purepest]

Hi

I was wondering if quotas take effect when you copy and paste a folder into the drive.

I am copying and pasting information from one file server to another. The location to which i am pasting them is a quotad drive. Will the quota be effective?

Thanks

 

[markdmac]

Quotas do not follow a file from one server to another. Pasting a file into a folder is the same as a saveAs, so if the destination drive has quotas enabled then the new files will count against the quota.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[purepest]

Thanks for that.

One thing I did wonder was if cutting and pasting and copying and pasting had the same effect.

My problem is that when I goto the quota tab on the drive then click on the quota entries button then the people that I have moved onto the drive aren't there. This makes me think that there is a problem :/

 

[markdmac]

If YOU move the data while logged in as the admin then the files are owned by Administrator and not the user. You need to have the users copy the files.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

 

[purepest]

Thanks, that explains a lot. I will call the users tomorrow to ask them to try and take ownership of the folders and take it from there.

 

[wazzup2474]

yes that what the quatr is used for to keep track of space on that drive if you copy and paste information too it your using space on that drive