Which statement about quota management is true?

• A. Quotas track network bandwidth usage.
• B. Quotas are only applicable to SMB shares.
• C. Quotas enforce per-user or per-project storage limits to manage space usage and prevent over-provisioning.
• D. Quotas automatically delete old data to free space.

Answer: (C)

Quotas are about controlling storage consumption by setting limits for individual users or projects. This helps manage how much space each entity can use, preventing one user or project from exhausting a volume and enabling better capacity planning. Quotas can be hard limits (no writes beyond the limit) or soft limits with a grace period, and they provide usage reporting and alerts as you approach the cap. They’re not about tracking network bandwidth (that’s a separate QoS function), and they apply across protocols, not just SMB. Quotas don’t automatically delete old data to free space; reclaiming space requires removing data or using other data lifecycle tools.