9.To enable a hard quota limit, select the Hard Quota check box and type a hard quota limit in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB) at which no more writing to the NAS volume will be permitted.

10.Click OK.

Setting the Default Quota per Group

Configure the quota applied to groups for which no other quota is defined.

1.Click the NAS Volumes tab on the left.

2.Click the All NAS Volumes tab on the top.

3.In the All NAS Volumes pane, click in the row of the volume whose quotas you want to define.

4.Click View Details.

5.Click the Quota tab on the top.

6.In the Group Quotas pane, click .

7.Click Modify Default Rule.

The Modify Default Rule for Group Quota dialog box appears

8.To enable a soft quota limit, select the Soft Quota check box and type a soft quota limit in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB) at which an alert will be issued.

9.To enable a hard quota limit, select the Hard Quota check box and type a hard quota limit in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB) at which no more writing to the NAS volume will be permitted.

10.Click OK.

Adding a Quota Rule for a Specific User

Configure the quota that is applied to a user.

1.Click the NAS Volumes tab on the left.

2.Click the All NAS Volumes tab on the top.

3.In the All NAS Volumes pane, click in the row of the volume whose quotas you want to modify.

4.Click View Details.

5.Click the Quota tab on the top.

6.In the Users Quotas pane, click .

7.Click New Rule.

The New Rule for User Quota dialog box appears

8.Click the […] button to the right of the Rule for user field. The User Browser dialog box appears.

9.From the Domain name dropdown menu, select the domain to which the user is assigned.

10.In the Starts with field, type either the full name of the user or the beginning of the user name.

11.Click Display.

12.Select a user from the search results.

13.Click OK.

14.To enable a soft quota limit, select the Soft Quota check box and type a soft quota limit in megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), or terabytes (TB) at which an alert is issued.

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