Managing Filestore quotas
The FSRM is a feature of the Windows server that assists you in managing file servers. FSRM has three key features:
- Quota management: With FSRM, you can set soft or hard quotas on volumes and folders. A soft quota allows a user to exceed an allowance, while hard quotas stop a user from exceeding an allowance. You can configure a quota with thresholds and threshold actions. If a user exceeds 65% of the quota allowance, FSRM can send an email, while at 90%, you log an event in the event log or run a program. You have different actions for different quota levels. This recipe shows how to use quotas.
- File screening: You can set up a file screen and stop a user from saving screened files. For example, you could screen for .MP3, or FLAC files—should a user then attempt to save a file (say,
jg75-02-28D1T1.flac
), the file screen rejects the request and doesn't allow the user to save the file. - Reporting: FSRM enables you to create a wealth of storage reports that...