Overview

• Configuring and Managing Disk Quotas

• File Encryption Management

• Disk and File Compression

• Shadow Copy Concepts

The End Result

By the end of this chapter, you ll understand key concepts in managing file storage on your network including how to set and monitor disk quotas, how to enable and manage file encryption, and what shadow copies are and how to configure them. These three tools will help you better manage storage on your network disks and at the end of this chapter, you ll know how to implement and manage these features.

Configuring and Managing Disk Quotas

Disk quotas can be a helpful tool in restricting users from storing hundreds of gigabytes of useless, outdated, or unneeded files. The old adage that things expand to fill the space allotted holds true with users and disk storage. If a user has 10MB or 10GB or 100GB, he or she will likely find a way to use it. Although disk space is relatively inexpensive these days, applications tend to chew up more and more space, so that disk drive suddenly doesn t look so big once you ve installed your software. Using disk quotas can be a good way to keep user files in check and help reduce the complexity (and size) of data backups.

Part of storage management is ensuring that old and unneeded files are occasionally weeded out and discarded. Disk quotas can be a good way to get users in the habit of cleaning out their disk storage areas from time to time.