Copyright: Monday, July 09, 2001 08:14:04


Disk Quota Status Information
The status text and traffic-light icon in the Quota property sheet indicate current quota status as described in the following table.

Traffic light icon	Status text	Volume state
Red	Disk quotas are disabled	Quotas are disabled on the volume.
Yellow	Rebuilding quota information	The system is rebuilding the quota information on disk. Quotas are inactive.
Green	Disk quota system is active	Quotas will be tracked and enforced according to the specified quota settings. Users will be denied disk space if they exceed their disk space limit, unless the administrator has set the Do not limit disk usage option, in which case disk usage will be tracked without limiting disk space.


Disk Space Limit Units
The list of units displayed in the Limit disk space units to drop-down list (KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, EB, or a combination of these) is created dynamically and depends on the size of the current disk volume. For example, if the volume is less than 1 MB, the list includes only the KB unit. If the volume is less than 1 GB, the list includes KB and MB units. If the volume is larger than 1 GB, the list includes all units.


Quota Property Page
You use the choices in the Quota tab to:

 	Enable or disable quotas on the volume.

 	Deny disk space to users that exceed their quota limit.

 	Set the default quota warning level and limit assigned to new volume users.

 	View quota information for each disk volume user by clicking Quota Entries.


Disk Quota Status - Traffic Light Icon
The colors of the traffic-light icon indicate the state of the volume's quota system, as shown in the following table.

Color	Quota state
Red	Quotas are not enabled on the volume.
Yellow	Quota information is being rebuilt on the volume. Quotas are inactive.
Green	Quotas are enabled on the volume.


Quota Status
Describes the status of the volume's quota system.


Enable quota management
Select to enable quotas on the volume. To disable quotas, clear this check box.


Deny space to users exceeding quota limit
Select to deny users disk space when they exceed their quota limit on a volume.


Do not limit disk usage
Select to automatically assign unlimited quota to new volume users.


Limit disk space to
Select to automatically assign a quota limit to new volume users.


quota limit
Enter a quota limit to be automatically assigned to new volume users. For example, to assign 20 megabytes, enter 20 in the text box and then click MB in the drop-down list.


quota level
Enter a quota warning level to be automatically assigned to new volume users. For example, to assign 18 megabytes, enter 18 in the text box and then click MB in the drop-down list.


quota limit units
Choose a unit to apply to the quota limit. The options are KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, and EB. For example, to assign 20 megabytes, enter 20 in the text box and then click MB in the drop-down list.


quota level units
Choose a unit to apply to the quota warning level. The options are KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, and EB. For example, to assign 18 megabytes, enter 18 in the text box and then click MB in the drop-down list.


Quota Entries
Click to display per-user quota information for the volume.


Event Log
Opens Event Viewer.

When users exceed their quota level, an event is written to the system log on the computer running disk quotas. Administrators can view these events with Event Viewer, filtering for Disk event types.


quota actions
Refers to items that control how Windows responds when users exceed their warning level or quota limits.


quota defaults
Refers to the items that define default quotas to be automatically applied to new users of the volume.


Domain\Name (Quota Settings Property page)
Displays the account name for the volume user as either domain_name\user_name.or user_name@domain_name


space used (Quota Settings Property page)
The space occupied by the user's data on the volume, listed as number of bytes.


space remaining (Quota Settings Property page)
The space available to the user on the volume, listed as number of bytes.


Indicates the status of the user’s disk usage.

	The user is under the warning level.
	The user is over the warning level, and under the limit.
	The user has reached or exceeded the quota limit. Users can exceed the limit if the deny disk space to users exceeding quota limit check box is cleared.


Settings (Quota Settings Property page)
Click to specify the quota warning level and quota limits for the user.


Do not limit disk usage (Quota Settings Property page)
Click to assign an unlimited disk quota to the user.


Limit disk space to (Quota Settings Property page)
Click to assign a quota warning level and limit to the user.


quota level (Quota Settings Property page)
Enter a quota warning level to be assigned to the user. For example, to assign 18 megabytes, enter 18 in the text box and then click MB in the drop-down list.


quota limit
Enter a quota limit to be assigned to the user. For example, to assign 20 megabytes, enter 20 in the text box and then click MB in the drop-down list.


quota limit units (Quota Settings Property page)
Choose a unit to apply to the quota limit. The options are KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, and EB. For example, to assign 20 megabytes, enter 20 in the text box and then click MB in the drop-down list.


quota level units (Quota Settings Property page)
Choose a unit to apply to the quota warning level. The options are KB, MB, GB, TB, PB, and EB. For example, to assign 18 megabytes, enter 18 in the text box and then click MB in the drop-down list.


Select to generate an event log entry when a user's disk space usage exceeds his or her assigned disk quota limit.


Select to generate an event log entry when a user's disk space usage exceeds his or her assigned disk quota warning level.