The default quota for students is 500 megabytes of storage on a central server. This should be sufficient for general school computer use. Sometimes, students will find that they fill it up and can no longer save their documents. Note that the Pictures, Movies, and Music folders in a student's Macintosh account also count towards this quota. If teachers have student projects that will require more than this allowance, they should check with the local tech person for alternative storage strategies. Click for further background discussion and strategies for staff accounts.
To check the size of all of your folders on a Macintosh:
To check the size of all of your folders on a Dell:
As a reminder, a summary of units is shown below.
| Unit | ||
| bit | 1 piece of data | |
| byte | 1 character | 1 keystroke |
| kilobyte | 1024 bytes | small files (e-mail messages) are measured in K |
| megabyte | 1024 K | big files (pictures), RAM, Student Storage, old flash drives are measured in Megs |
| gigabyte | 1024 Meg | a bit larger than a CD (large RAM & flash drives are 1 gig or larger)) |
| terabyte | 1024 Gig | School-wide storage for everyone |
| petabyte | 1024 terabytes | NASA, etc. |
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