I looked into this as well...  So for limits we leverage smartquotas like you mentioned, and set a hard limit , which for us virtually emulates creating an smb share with a set limit with the added bonus of being able to have usage notifications.  To manage SMB shares we administrate through the management console in Windows. So our process is create a folder we would like to use for the share somewhere in the Isilon Filesystem, as an example "ifs/corp/marketing/newshare" . Then we create an SMB share in Isilon by logging into OneFS -> Access -> SMB -> and selecting the zone you want to create it under at the top, then create smb share with the name of share and set "use Windows default ACLs". It seems kind of redundant but then on Windows server, or even workstation go to run and enter "compmgmt.msc" or right click My Computer > Manage . At the top under action click on "Connect to another computer..." and enter the Isilon DNS pointing to the smartconnect zone you are creating the share on. Run through the create share wizard and navigate to the folder, assign permissions and everything else like a normal Windows share at this point.   I hope this helps some!  -EE
Hi Folks,  I am new to the Isilon, I need some Information on the SMB SHARE SIZE, IF A SERVER ADMIN asks me to create a 50 GB share for the client. When i Create a Share ,I don't see the option of the SIZE mentioned.  Is there anything to do with the Quota , if we need a specific size of share (do we need to Apply a Quota) and restrict the Size by HARD LIMIT or is there any other way to do it.  This is my Second Query : In one fs , About the Clients, when i create a  NFS Export , I see clients section there, we need to write our client Ip's .   for WINDOWS SMB SHARES, i donot see any client section in ONEFS, i see a group or users, where should i put the Client IP  If Possible Kindly explain little on this Matter.
Query on SMB SHARES SIZE