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Is it possible to limit folder size in a Windows environment? [closed]

Is it possible to limit a folder size in Windows so that when a user tries to write to the folder when it is full he receives an error message?

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Alceu Costa Avatar asked Feb 10 '09 15:02

Alceu Costa


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Keep in mind that Disk Quotas are per user not per folder, there are other solutions that will allow you to lock down a folder size regardless of user, my experience has been with Veritas Storage Exec, but it seems to be discontinued.

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benPearce Avatar answered Sep 29 '22 14:09

benPearce


Do you mean disk quotas as described at, e.g. http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Configuring-Disk-Quotas-Windows-2003.html?

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Rob Avatar answered Sep 29 '22 14:09

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