How to set storage limits for shared drives?

Set a storage limits for Shared Drives

How to set storage limits for shared drives?

To control how much storage shared drives can use, you can set a storage limit for the shared drives assigned to a specific organizational unit. By default, shared drives are limited to 100 GB, but you might want to tailor this for your institution. For example, you might want each shared drive in a “Faculty” organizational unit to have a 100-GB limit while each shared drive for the rest of your organization has a 10-GB limit. To set these limits, set a 10-GB limit on shared drives in your top organizational unit, then set a 100-GB limit on shared drives in the “Faculty” organizational unit.

Before you begin (Optional): If you want to apply different storage limits to different shared drives, assign shared drives to organizational units.

• In the Admin console, go to the Main menu > Storage.
• In the Storage settings section, click Manage.

• At the left, click the organizational unit with the shared drives you want to set a storage limit.
• Click Shared drive storage limit.

• Select On, and enter the amount of storage each shared drive can use.

• Click Save. If you set a limit for a child organizational unit that was previously inheriting a limit from a parent organizational unit, click Override. If you previously set a limit for a child organizational unit and you want it to inherit the limit from a parent organizational unit, click Inherit.
  If some shared drives already exceed the storage limit, you are warned before the policy is applied.

What happens when shared drives go over storage limits

If a shared drive exceeds its storage limit, users can't add new files or edit existing files. To resolve:

• A Content manager or Manager of the shared drive can move or delete content from the shared drive.
• An admin can increase the storage limit that applies to the shared drive.