SpaceGuard SRM Directory Quotas Features

SpaceGuard SRM is a completely new product, built from
the ground up for Windows 2003-XP-2000-NT environments.
SpaceGuard SRM has all the features of SpaceGuard 4.2,
and many significant enhancements and features, such
as enhanced auto-add quotas, configurable disk quota policies,
more notifications, unlimited disk quota levels, a brand-new
interface and dramatic improvements in engine performance.

Directory Quotas

• Automatic home directory matching based on Active Directory


• Quota limits based on percentage of disk/directory size


• Configurable
  quota policies; save your configuration in a policy for
  rapid deployment and propagation


• Directory based quotas


• Quota
  enforcement; the engine can automatically revoke write
  access priviliges for a user or a group of users when a revoke
  access limit has been exceeded


• Unlimited
  disk quota levels; assign multiple limits on a disk quota
  to gradually escalate notifications and ultimately enforce
  the disk quota by revoking write access


• Auto-Add
  quotas; the SpaceGuard SRM engine monitors the file system
  for changes and automatically applies the appropriate disk
  quota settings

Auto-Add quotas:

An Auto-Add disk quota removes the need to add a disk quota each time
a directory is added. Each time a directory is created (inside a specified
directory) a quota is set on that directory using a predefined policy
or custom sizes/limits.
The SpaceGuard SRM service continuously scans the local computer's
file system for directory changes. If a new subfolder is created
under the branch where the Auto-Add disk quota is active, SpaceGuard
SRM automatically creates a new quota according to the Auto-Add policy.
Also, whenever subfolders under an Auto-Add quota root are removed,
the related quota is also removed automatically. This is extemely
useful for large and rapidly changing home directory shares. Each time a new
home folder inside for example G:\UserData
is created, you want each home directory to get a 50MB disk quota
with a standard size and limit policy. All you have to do is create
an Auto-Add quota on G:\UserData, customize the sizes and limits,
and notice how SpaceGuard SRM creates all quota's automatically.

Unlimited quota levels:

Each disk quota can have one or more limits. A limit is a percentage
based on the disk quota size. If you have for example a fixed disk
quota size of 50MB and you define a limit of 100% and assign an alert,
the alert will be executed when the 50MB has been exceeded. This way,
you can assign multiple limits to a single quota, for instance:

Fixed disk quota size, 50MB:

Limit 1: 80%, send a popup to the user assigned to the quota. (executed
at 40MB)

Limit 2: 90%, send a popup to the administrator. (executed at 45MB)

Limit 3: 100%, revoke the write access of the user assigned to the
quota. (exectued at 50MB)

SpaceGuard SRM General Features
Client runs on Windows 2003-XP-2000-NT Engine runs as a native Windows 2003-XP-2000-NT service Integrates with Active Directory to automatically match user accounts and e-mail addresses to quotas Full Microsoft Cluster support including Active-Passive and Active-Active configurations SmartQuota technology Highly optimized disk quota engine; small footprint and low server overhead Central console interface; monitor, configure and manage quotas and agents on multiple servers from a single console Automatic upgrading from version 4.2 Advanced 3D shaded disk quota status bar including limit indicators Customizable network tree for easy disk quota and disk browsing Delegate access: administrators (modify security settings), operators (add/modify/remove), power users (edit/view) and users (view only) Features an API (Application Programming Interface) and a CLI (Command Line Interface) for easy scripting or 3rd party application integration CSV quota export; exports all quota configuration including limits to standard CSV, great for reporting with Microsoft Excel
SmartQuota Technology: SpaceGuard SRM is SmartQuota enabled, which allows for rapid deployment and mass disk quota reconfiguration. Using SmartQuota technology, you can quickly add new quota limits to all existing quota's based on a percentage of the current limits, regardless of the type of quota limit (absolute, relative to disk/directory). SmartQuota technology is completely transparent and automatically activated in SpaceGuard SRM. More information on using SmartQuota technology is available here.

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