The default value for students is 200 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 default Pictures, Movies, and Music folders in a student's Macintosh account are saved locally, and not on the server.
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, 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. |