Is it really have Quota advisor install in Windows Server 2003?

jim6/18/2004 1:53:11 AM

How come a domain user which has the same rights as a domain administrator can't seem to set a disk quota in a member server. When a right click the local disk there is no quota tab?

JUNDINO11/28/2001 7:20:25 PM

While this review was helpful, I found the reviews of the products superficial.



Saying Quota Advisor has a steep learning curve is an understatement.



We are trying to use Quota Server because of all the products it has, by far in my opinion, the best interface and it does the two things we need - file blocks and quota on user home dir with ease.



Of course, having said that QS 5.1b has never reported folder sizes correctly and implementing file blocks caused our servers to hang big time.



Northern was hanging their hat on 5.2 to fix these problems and so far - no dice. We have tried twice now with the help of Northern's tech support to upgrade one of our servers and are greeted with BSODs each morning after an upgrade. Runs great without a user load but - :-/...



I have since been looking at SpaceGuard which I also think has a great interface but - no file blocking!!



Does anyone know of a product that does simple quotas, handles propagating a single quota down a tree(like user shares), and blocks files? We only have about 2500 users and our needs are not that great but, it seems like finding a simple product like I descibed is all but impossible.

Mark Denney 7/10/2001 11:30:14 AM

Our experience in upgrading from QuotaServer v4.5 to v5.x has been less than pleasent. To do one server literaly took weeks. Northern's tech support didn't seem to know the product well.



We continue to intermittently experience people getting locked out of their file share as QS v5.1b (current version) reports their quota incorrectly. We've been working with Northern tech support for months, and have upgraded to newer releases that were reported by tech support to cure the problem.

John Bielot 4/21/2001 8:17:15 AM

I read Ed Roth's Lab Reports: "Quota-Management Tools" (January 2001) with mixed feelings. The article contains mistakes about NORTHERN's Quota Server 5.0c, and the article doesn't accurately compare the four quota-management products it reviews.




In the article, the author states that Quota Server is a tool for smaller organizations in which simplicity of administration is important. It's true that Quota Server provides easy storage administration. However, Quota Server also provides unique features that NORTHERN designed specifically for large sites. The review failed to mention these features.




First, Quota Server offers delegated permissions so that large sites can delegate quota management responsibilities. Second, NORTHERN offers an extensible COM-based API so that large sites can interface Quota Server with other systems. For example, custom interfaces have been developed for SAP R/3 and Hewlett-Packard (HP) OpenView, and Nortel Networks has integrated Quota Server into its Web-based management system. Finally, Quota Server lets you label your quotas by department, group, site, and company name. You can use these labels to organize quotas and quota information so that you can view your quotas in an environment that resembles your enterprise layout.
Getting accurate information about Quota Server's enterprise features is important. Without the complete picture, Windows 2000 Magazine readers might be mislead into believing that Quota Server doesn't meet their needs as administrators of large enterprises. It does.

Thomas Wernersson 3/6/2001 2:30:33 PM

Having recently taken some time to evaluate a number disk quota tools - I could have done with this review sooner to highlight the main contenders.
Personally, we chose Quota Server after a thorough trial of both Quota Server and Storage Central (which contains Quota Advisor)as we experienced reliability problems on our cluster.
I must say, I am puzzled by the reviewers frustration at Quota Server's "inherent flexibility" - we have succesfully configured Quota Server to exactly fit our requirements.
As I always say, don't take my word for it - it is always worth trying out solutions for yourself and I would certainly recommend that you try both Quota Server and Storage Sentinel - that way you'll end up with a product that fits you and your organisation.

Sullivan Brodka 1/8/2001 7:15:04 AM

This is a great review and one that couldn't be more timely with storage resource management coming to the forefront of IT demands. Kudos to the experts at Windows 2000 Magazine Labs for performing such a thorough and robust shakedown of what's available in quota management products. I'm sure that other readers will find this to be particularly useful information.

Marshall Bigler 1/3/2001 7:38:51 AM

Great review! Storage management is becoming more and more important, and it helps to have an authority like Windows 2000 Magazine give its thorough shakedown and comparison of what's available to solve the storage problem.

Marshall Bigler 1/2/2001 1:27:18 PM

With regards to article on Quota Management: http://www.win2000mag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=16234

Your top of the crop "Quota Advisor 4.1" caused my storage solution (140Gig) to hang every day. Their proprietary "NT Device" is at fault. The WQuinn doesn't have an answer to that.

Marc Alex Belanger 12/29/2000 11:59:28 AM