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Asked: 2010-08-31 09:38:05 +0800 CST

Can you limit a directory size?

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On a single NTFS drive, is it possible to limit the size of a directory to an arbitrary amount (e.g., 20GB)?

I've got a share on a server I want some users to be dumping files into, but I don't want them to be able to fill the drive. I figure I could repartition the drive and mount on of the partitions, but I'd rather not have to take this box off line for that long.

n.b., I'm using Windows 2003 SP2

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2 Answers

  1. Directory Quotas were introduced to Windows in Server 2003 R2. Below that, there aren't any. We make great use of them in our network. They work pretty solid on 2008.

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  2. Best Answer

    Set a quota for the group on that volume.

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