Professionals: Set Quota limits on their file servers' volumes
Amateurs: Allow a few users to hog the available disk space
Disk Quotas
Controlling use (abuse) of server disk space has been high on administrator's
wish list for a long time. Now with Disk Quotas you can implement best
practice and limit users' disk
space.
Disk usage conforms to the 'Pareto Principle'; 20% of your users will consume
80% of the disk space. Configure disk quotas and make things fairer, stop
one or two selfish users filling up the disk space unnecessarily.
One strategy is to set the limits high and use quotas to plant the idea that users should
implement good housekeeping with their files.
To activate disk quotas: Right click the root of any partition
and you will see the Disk Quota tab.
If you wanted to use disk quotas on
separate folders investigate
Mount Points.
Trap: Remember to check both boxes.
I have had several emails saying that Quotas are not working.
The reason was the administrator forgot to tick a box. It does annoy
me to think of the users ignoring your your limits, so seek out this box: 'Deny
disk space to users exceeding quota limits'.
If you tick the two bottom boxes to Log events, then go to the
Application log in the event log to check what is happening.
Windows
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The package includes the Transcender exams, which are the key to gaining the
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Litmus test: Professionals show laptop users how to encrypt their files
There have been several high profile cases of lost laptops containing
sensitive information. Windows 2003 offers the facility to transparently
encrypt sensitive folders. So if the files get into the wrong hands, they
will be very difficult to decrypt.
Guy's Challenge - Download
this free device backup utility
(CatTools)
CatTools is a free program for backing up configuration settings on
hardware devices. Here is Guy's challenge. If you
download CatTools, then it will not only take care of backups, but
also it will show you something new about the hardware on you
network. I could give you a money back guarantee - but CatTools is
already free! Thus, I just make a techie to techie challenge, you
will learn more about your network if you:
If you wanted to use disk quotas on
separate folders investigate
Mount Points.
Over
40 of Guy's litmus tests. Have fun while you learn about Windows
Server 2003. Stacks of ideas to check your servers, networks and
security.
