This window enables you to perform these tasks for a selected volume:
Initially, the maximum number of files on the filer is set at one for every 32 KB of disk space. The number is increased automatically when you add a new disk. The increase is determined by the filer, and is not a user-specified value.
Unlike UNIX, which requires that you specify the maximum number of files in a file system when you create the file system, the filer enables you to use the maxfiles command to increase the number of files for each volume at any time.
NOTE: Use caution when increasing the maximum number of files because after you increase this number, you can never reduce it. As new files are created, the file system consumes the additional disk space required to hold the inodes for the additional files; there is no way for the filer to release that disk space. An inode is a data structure containing information about files.
Enables disk quotas, which restrict disk space and the number of files used by a given user or group. Quotas can also restrict disk space and the number of files used in a quota tree. A quota tree is a directory created under the root directory of a volume. Use the Quotas Editor under Task Assistant to specify quotas on the filer.