Viewing Your Data Quota

Data quotas can be enabled by your Novell Filr administrator in order to limit the amount of data that is stored on the Filr site. For information on how the Filr administrator can enable data quotas, see Managing Disk Space Usage with Data Quotas and File Restrictions in the Novell Filr 1.0.1 Administration Guide.

If data quotas have been enabled on your Filr site, you need to understand what counts toward your data quotas, the different kinds of data quotas that exist, and how you can view the current data usage, so you can know when you are approaching the allotted data quota. If you meet your allotted quota, Filr enables you to purge files and attachments that you have previously deleted.

Understanding Data Quotas

Data quotas limit the amount of data individual users can add to the Filr site. Files that are located in Net Folders (including your Home directory) do not count toward your data quota.

Viewing Your Data Quota

Data quotas might or might not be in use on your Filr site. If you are unable to view your data quotas as described in this section, your Filr administrator has not yet restricted the amount of data that can be added to the Filr site.

You can view your data quota directly from the desktop application:

  1. Click the Filr icon in the menu bar.

  2. Click Open Filr console.

  3. Click Account Information in the Novell Filr Console dialog box.

    Your data quota is displayed with the amount that you have currently used. The max file size is also displayed; this is the largest size of file that you are allowed to upload to the Filr site.

For information about how to manage your data quota from within the Filr Web application, see Managing Your Data Quota in the Novell Filr 1.0.1 Web Application User Guide.