Windows 2008 disk quota by folder

Create a Quota Template. Create a quota based on the template on the volume or folder. Create a Quota -Or- Create an auto apply quota to automatically generate quotas for subfolders on the volume or folder. Create an Auto Apply Quota. Schedule a report task that contains a Quota Usage report to monitor quota usage periodically.

Schedule a Set of Reports. Skip to main content. Set the desired limit for this setting and then decide on a limit level at which the user will receive a warning. This value enables you to have a warning issued to the user as they approach the limit giving them time to free up space before they are denied space.

The final settings allow the administrator to control whether events are recorded in the logs when users receive warnings or exceed specified limits.

On completion of the quota settings, click on Apply to apply the settings. Windows will subsequently display a dialog warning that the disk quota system needs to be enabled before the settings can take effect.

Respond affirmatively to enable changes and implement the settings. As previously mentioned, disk quotas on a volume apply, by default, to all users storing data on that volume with the exception of members of the Administrators group.

It is, however, possible to customize quota limits for individual users. To achieve this, return once again to Disk Management in the Computer Management tool, right click on the volume in question and select Properties.

In the Properties dialog select the Quota tab and then click on the Quota Entries button to display the quota entries dialog for the selected volume:. As shown above, user Bill has already received warnings that disk usage is approaching his quota limit hardly surprising given the extremely low quota limit specified for the volume. With the quota settings dialog displayed increase the quota for the selected user to the appropriate amount for the user's needs and click on Apply to implement the change.

Alternatively, remove quota limits entirely for the specified user by selecting the Do not limit disk usage option. This browser is no longer supported. Download Microsoft Edge More info. Contents Exit focus mode. Is this page helpful?

Create a new COM object to access quota templates. Create a new template object. Set the template ' s name. Set the quota limit. Set the quota type to hard limit the flag for a hard limit is 0x QuotaFlags - bor 0x Add a quota threshold. AddThreshold Add a threshold e - mail action. CreateThresholdAction 90 , 2. Set the e - mail message recipient. Set the e - mail message subject. Set the e - mail message text.

Create a new COM object to access quotas. Create the new quota. Save the new quota.