What is my home directory quota?


All staff have a 10GB quota set on their home directory (H:), while students have a 5GB quota.

For Microsoft OneDrive the quota is currently 1TB. Note: Due to Microsoft storage changes this will be lowered to 100GB in the near future

By assigning quotas, no single user can consume enough space to cause an outage to the system or impact other users. Once you reach your quota, you will be unable to write any more data or files to your home directory. You will most likely receive an error from the application you are using and will also immediately be sent an email (to your Deakin email address) informing you that you have reached your quota and need to clean up files. A reminder email is sent every 24 hours that you are over quota.

If you reach your quota you should delete or archive to a DVD or external hard drive any files that are no longer used (Corporate data should be on your area's file share).

Additional quota is only provided under exceptional circumstances as your home directory is provided for non-corporate work or study-related files and incidental personal files.


Checking how much of your H: quota you have used

Checking how much of Onedrive quota you have used