Unsolved
This post is more than 5 years old
10 Posts
0
2421
September 2nd, 2013 02:00
Setup user quotas for CIFS share
Hi All,
We are creating CIFS share from ISILON and then uses our GPO to create profiles + folder redirection. This redirected folder then mounted to the end users as a home drive. Currently everything works find from GPO policy but we have to setup quotas on the user folders manually.
Our challenge is amount of manual work which involves with this process because of volume of users who keep creating such folders.
Is there a way to automate this task?
Thanks....
umichklewis
3 Apprentice
•
1.2K Posts
0
September 4th, 2013 06:00
Have you tried experimenting with user and directory quotas? You could try specifying a quota per-user, such that all user accounts have the same limit (then edit specific users individually). The SmartQuotas documentation might be a good starting point.
vmstan
2 Posts
0
December 3rd, 2013 10:00
I'm curious if anyone has found a way to do this. Ideally you could set a quota on a directory and then have it auto apply to user subdirectories.
Am I correct in thinking user quotas will only enforce for files created by the user? So if we were migrating from a Windows server, there would be no enforcement for each user directory until the end user modifies or uploads new files to that share?
umichklewis
3 Apprentice
•
1.2K Posts
0
December 3rd, 2013 11:00
Directory quotas, known as tree quotas, apply just to a particular directory. All writes inside that directory, regardless of the user, apply to the tree quota. Inside of that directory, you can create a default user quota - this takes effect for every user and applies only to the files written by each user.
As you stated, user quotas only apply to each individual user. If there's a 1GB default user quota, "Bob" can write up to his 1GB quota, as can "Joe" and "Suzy". If you copy data from your Windows server as that user, you will not be able write more than that user's quota. However, if you copy as an Administrator or an account with Backup Operator privileges, you can write more than that user's quota into a directory. As you state, the moment that user tries to write a file, they're unable to do so - their quota has been exceeded.
If you're planning a migration and wish to use user quotas, pay close attention to the quota management commands, since you may need to adjust both the default user (or group) quota and individual user quotas as well.
Let us know if that helps!
Karl
keeban
1 Rookie
•
66 Posts
0
May 3rd, 2016 21:00
I have a same issue need to enable user quota.how to add different quota for users.
eg-management group 10gb per user
account group 5gb per user
user group 2gb per user.
how to manage quota?
i can domain integrate and create group policy.