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title: "Managing Folder Quotas"
slug: "managing-folder-quotas-1"
tags: ["Portal"]
status: "new"
updated: 2026-08-13T08:01:08Z
published: 2026-08-13T08:02:01Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/managing-folder-quotas-1"
---

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# Managing Folder Quotas

Centrally set and manage cloud drive folder and subfolder quotas, automatically propagating changes to all connected edge filers, instead of setting the quotas for each cloud drive folder, as described in [Adding or Editing Cloud Folders](/v1/docs/adding-or-editing-cloud-folders-1-1-1).

Quota management is only applied to edge filers connected to the portal that use the next generation file system. All edge filers from version 7.12.x use the next generation file system. For details about the next generation file system and to check whether the edge filer version you have uses the next generation file system, see [What is the Next Generation File System](/v1/docs/what-is-the-next-generation-file-system).

A soft quota limit is applied if you add a file to a folder **directly to a portal**. The content is added to the portal when the quota limit has not been reached, even if the added content causes the quota limit to be exceeded. After the content has been added, no more files can be added to the portal until the content is below the quota limit.

A hard quota limit is applied if you add a file to a folder on an edge filer. You **cannot** add a file to a folder on the edge filer if the added file causes the quota limit to be exceeded.

**To view cloud drive folder quotas:**

- Select **Provisioning > Quotas** in the navigation pane.  

The **Quotas** page is displayed.  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-1ZAXR63I.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A17%3A34Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A17%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=jtvmdhWTv3ghxWC9NIkahYF3X5TueIrC9cRlrFnpg9g%3D)  

The page is empty if folder quotas have not been set:  

![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-HLABRAU5.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A17%3A34Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A17%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=jtvmdhWTv3ghxWC9NIkahYF3X5TueIrC9cRlrFnpg9g%3D)

The page includes the following: **Cloud Folder** – The name of a cloud drive folder with a folder quota set. **Owner** – The name of the user who is the cloud drive folder owner. **Folder Quota (GB)** – The folder quota set for the cloud drive folder. **Quota Usage** – The actual storage used by the cloud drive folder against the quota and the percentage of the quota that is used. The color displayed signifies how close to the quota limit the usage is:

- Green – The usage is under 50% of the quota.
- Orange – The usage is over 50% of the quota.
- Red – The usage is over the quota.

**Actions** – An action to perform on the quota: ![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-0TCRSFRL.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A17%3A34Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A17%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=jtvmdhWTv3ghxWC9NIkahYF3X5TueIrC9cRlrFnpg9g%3D) – The quota can be edited. For details, see [Adding and Editing Cloud Drive Folder Quotas](/v1/docs/adding-cloud-drive-folder-quotas-1). ![Image](https://cdn.document360.io/30792387-cdcb-4791-aa14-94929bbcd3fe/Images/Documentation/image-K97MM2JO.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-11T04%3A17%3A34Z&se=2026-11-11T05%3A17%3A34Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=jtvmdhWTv3ghxWC9NIkahYF3X5TueIrC9cRlrFnpg9g%3D) – The quota can be removed. For details, see [Adding and Editing Cloud Drive Folder Quotas](/v1/docs/removing-a-cloud-drive-folder-quota-1).

After configuring quotas on the portal, you must run a CLI command on every edge filer registered to portal. For details, contact [CTERA Support](https://www.ctera.com/support/).