Configuring User Disk Quotas

Disk space management is an important aspect of server administration. Setting quotas allows you to specify the maximum amount of disk space available to each user in their home folder. The quota is set at the Settings Template and/or the user level.

Max disk space sets the maximum disk space that users can consume in their home folders. The Server administrator can assign a maximum disk space for each user's home folder. As the user uploads and downloads, the Server measures the user's used disk space. Obviously, uploading files increases used disk space and deleting files decreases this number. If the used disk space equals the maximum disk space, the user has to delete files before any more files can be uploaded.

Tip: Create a "User Quota Exceeded" Event Rule to let users know when they need to clean up their files to reduce their used disk space.

An administrator can use Windows Explorer to add or delete files in a user's home folder, and the Server will update the user's used disk space. Additions and deletions to a user's folder that are performed outside of the Server are not prohibited, even when the total file size exceeds the maximum disk space allowed. However, exceeding the user's used disk space will cause the user to be prohibited from uploading until the used disk space is less than the maximum disk space.

If users report that they are not able to upload files, check whether they have enough disk space available. If not, you or they will need to remove files from their home folder before they can upload any more files with the Server, or you might need to adjust their maximum disk space allowance.

The Site level sets the limits of the User and User Setting Levels.

To set a user's disk quota

In EFT Administrator, connect to EFT Server and click the Server tab.
In the left pane, click the User Setting Level or user you want to configure.
In the right pane, click the Quota tab.

If the check box contains a gray check mark, the user or User Setting Level is inheriting permission from the parent level.

Select the Enable disk quota for user's home folder check box and type the maximum number of kilobytes the user may store in the home folder.

If you attempt to disable this feature on an HS-PCI-enabled Site, a message appears to warn you that this setting violates PCI DSS requirement 2.2.3, and allows you to continue with reason, or disable the feature.

Click Apply to save the changes on EFT Server.