Quotas

The term quota refers to a cap on the total amount of storage you can use in a NAS space. Quotas are helpful in planning for system upgrades and preventing over allocating space on the NAS server. Each new NAS space is set with a quota of 2.5 GB.

How Quotas Work

As you store data in a NAS space, the system keeps track of total amount of storage that space has used. When you reached the quota for the NAS space, you will not be able to store any more data and will receive an error message to this effect.

Monitoring your Quota

It is a good idea to remain aware of how much space you are using in a NAS space. To see how much space you have used and how much you have remaining:

• In Microsoft Windows, right-click the drive mapped to the NAS space and select Properties from the menu.
• In Mac OS, select the drive mapped to the NAS space and from the File menu, select Get Info.
• In Unix, use the df command.