Site Collection Quotas

When you set a quota limit for storage, you can set two values: a warning value and a maximum value. When a site collection passes the warning limit, an e-mail message is sent to the site administrator and owner notifying them that their site collection is near to their storage quota. E-mail messages are sent daily until the storage level drops below the warning level. When a site collection meets the maximum limit, another e-mail message is sent to the owner and administrator, and no new content can be added to the site collection.

There are 2 important questions based on site quotas, such as:

How to manage quota template?

How to Change an existing quota template?

Let’s see and understand the complete process:

How to create a quota template

1.   Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.

2.   On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.

3.   On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Quota Templates.

4.   On the Manage Quota Templates page, in the Template name area, select create a new quota template.

5.   In the Template to start from box, select a template to base your new template on.

6.   In the New template name box, type the name to use for your new quota template.

7.   In the Storage Limit Values section, select the Limit site storage to a maximum of: MB check box, and then type the amount of storage to allow at a maximum.

8.   Select the Send warning e-mail when site storage reaches MB check box, and then type the amount of storage to allow before sending a warning e-mail message.

9.   When you click OK, the new template is added to the list of available templates, and the page is refreshed.

How to Change an existing quota template?

1.   Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click SharePoint Central Administration.

2.   On the Central Administration page, under Component Configuration, click Manage quotas and locks.

3.   On the Manage Quotas and Locks page, click Manage Quota Templates.

4.   On the Manage Quota Templates page, in the Template name area, select edit an existing template.

5.   In the Template to modify box, select the quota template you want to change.

6.   Update the options you want to change, and then click OK.

7.   When you click OK, the template is updated, and the page is refreshed.

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