We use a quotas file that has only four columns, so we're not specifying any threshold, nor soft limit, and quotas are operational. This is true for both DOT 6.4.5 and 7.0.4.
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Subject: RE: Windows Exceed Quota Message and Threshold/Soft Quota Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:13:41 -0600 From: "Warkentin, Grant" Grant.Warkentin@calgary.ca To: toasters@mathworks.com
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The way I understand it, Ontap 6.x documentation, disk quotas don't take effect unless you enter a value into threshold. Me, I have been keeping all three values the same, 500 meg soft 500 meg hard and 500 meg threshold. I am sure there is some benefit to adjusting these to different values. So far, keeping them all the same has been working real good for our organization.
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