QUOTAS Put disk quotas on individual NT user and Group accounts, as well as on disk objects such as directories, user shares, public shares, drives, etc. Forget about manually creating disk quotas since Quota Server automatically spots new users and assigns them disk quotas based on templates. Label quotas with up to three free-text fields for identification or for granular management of storage. You can label quotas per, for example, location of user, department, project group IDs, etc. and manage these groups separately. Disk objects can be locked/unlocked on an ad hoc basis. Completely event based and real-time - Quota Server is called only when a disk object is altered. Enforce user quotas regardless of the computer, disk or volume that a user is trying to save to.

QUOTA MANAGEMENT

• Gives admins a single screen from which to collect and view Quota Server data across the enterprise. The EO provides quick, real-time access to such information as the number of quotas applied, the number of locked quotas, the amount of space used by objects with quotas, and more. EO generates pie charts, graphs and other illustrations giving admins ta glance insights into storage utilization and trends.
• Customize the way Quota Server posts messages to the Event Log and view any events posted to the log in Quota Server History View.
• Speed up monitoring of storage and quotas through the Quota Server Status View. The Status View presents the quota situation in intuitive pie charts and diagrams.
• Adapt the user-interface to individual or organization specific requirements through the View Wizard. All default settings can be accessed and modified at any time.
• Monitor Multiple Servers concurrently.
• Benefit from the powerful graphical monitor, which is updated in real-time.
• EFFICIENCY - uses resources economically due to unique real-time architecture.
• SECURITY - Users cannot bypass the disk quota system.
• QUALITY - Only standard APIs are utilized in Quota Server. There are no unauthorized or non-documented modifications of Windows NT or its file systems.

SOLUTIONS MANAGEMENT
Most of Quota Server's features are designed to aid your introduction and continued management of the storage policy you desire. It is also vitally important that you have full control of the solution itself, Quota Server includes features that provide you with just that control.

• All default settings can be accessed and modified at any time.
• Quota Server can be configured to write warnings in the Event Log.
• An event based architecture, Quota Server is only called when a disk object is altered, ensures real-time monitoring and control, while being economical with system resources.
• Quota Server can be upgraded and maintained remotely.
• Only standard APIs are utilized in Quota Server. There are no unauthorized or non-documented modifications of Windows NT/2000 or its file systems.
  
  
  
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INFORMATION MANAGEMENT

• Benefit from full Microsoft Operations Manager [MOM] integration - which makes it possible for you to post warnings or information messages to the Event Log.
• Send Popups or e-mails to users on predefined thresholds. Notification functions include SMTP, MS Mail, MS Exchange, WinPopup and command-line based messaging. [Recipients of notifications can be users, Admins, groups, share users, etc.]
• Have Quota Server automatically send you alerts when drives are near-full.
• Create your own notification templates.
• Implement actions on thresholds. Quotas can be set to pass or be set to perform three different kinds of lockings.
• Implement Command-line execution at each of the three thresholds, for use with executing pager software, disk clean-up routines etc.
• Quota Server can connect to databases [via odbc] to store quota information and storage data.
  

AUTOMATION

• Allows for quick, automatic, quota configurations and report configurations.
• Create a single policy and immediately implement quotas, alerts, thresholds, notifications and actions across your entire network. [Storage Policies facilitate and speed up the administration of storage and quotas.]
• Implement Storage Policies to prohibit certain file types, for instance recreational or media file types like mp3 or mpeg [either per drive or across the entire network]. A wizard makes the implementation of Storage Policies quick and easy.
• Benefit from full Microsoft Operations Manager [MOM] integration - which makes it possible for you to post warnings or information messages to the Event Log.
• Send Popups or e-mails to users on predefined thresholds. Notification functions include SMTP, MS Mail, MS Exchange, WinPopup and command-line based messaging. [Recipients of notifications can be users, Admins, groups, share users, etc.]
• Have Quota Server automatically send you alerts when drives are near-full.
• Create your own notification templates.
• Implement actions on thresholds. Quotas can be set to pass or be set to perform three different kinds of lockings.
• Implement Command-line execution at each of the three thresholds, for use with executing pager software, disk clean-up routines etc.

ENTERPRISE

• Delegate administrative permissions for different Quota Server items. For example, allow the help-desk personnel to view quotas but not alter their size, etc.
• Use a state-of-the-art user interface that is the fastest on the market, which you can customize according to your needs.
• A single central management console for Disk Quota Settings, Monitors and Options.
• Remote Install - The Remote Install Wizard provides a simple way to automatically distribute or ush install Quota Server to multiple machines.
• Install Quota Server on your clusters.
  - End-user quota warnings originate from the virtual servers and not from the physical node
  - Set quotas on virtual servers
  - A Cluster Aware resource is shipped with Quota Server, allowing a one time setup of quotas and accurate handling of virtual server fail-overs and moves
• A COM API lets you integrate Quota Server with Visual Basic aware applications such as MS Excel, MS Word, MS Access, etc.
• Send filtered data, such as all locked quotas or all labeled quotas, to certain tables in a database.
• Benefit from easy to use command-line utilities for batch operations.

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