Policy: Quota Limits for Personal Shares

For a description of network shares see http://cascomp.albany.edu/resources.htm.

Policy Statement:

Quotas will be applied to all faculty, staff and graduate students in the College. Graduate students will receive 2 GB of storage. Graduate student quotas will not be increased. Faculty and staff will receive 5GB. Faculty and staff quota may be increased after a review of the needs of the user. The maximum quota for a faculty or staff personal share is 10GB.

Reason for Policy:

Storage and backup of files requires the use of college resources, namely staff time and college funds. This policy assures that college resources are used and maintained in an efficient manner.

Procedure:

Before requesting a quota increase, faculty and staff are encouraged to review the files that they have stored on their personal share. The share should be used for important, personal documents and data. A need for increased space may best be served by creating a research share or storing information on the department share. If assistance is needed in reviewing the files or an increase in space is required, send a request to cascomp@albany.edu.

Last updated: 2008/9/15