Viewing the Space Quota

Overview

The space quota report provides the following information of the space:

• The allocated, used, available quota and the usage (%)

• The attachments count (Latest and all versions)

Only Confluence admins will be able to edit the allocated quota.

Viewing as a user	Viewing as a Confluence admin

It helps to identify irregularities in the usage of Confluence as well as the activity level of the space.

Who can view the Space Quota?

Users will be able to view the space quota if:

• User is a Confluence administrator or

• User is an administrator of the space or

• User has permission to view the space and “Allow users to view space quota“ is enabled

How to access the Space Quota?

The space quota can be accessed via:

1. Space Tools → Space Quota

   

2. Space Tools → Content Tools → Space Quota

When to increase the Space Quota?

We have put up a recommended checklist for admins to go through before deciding to increase the space quota

1. Does the Confluence server has sufficient disk space to increase the quota?

2. Has the trash in the space been emptied to free up some space?

3. Are there any ultra large attachments uploaded in the space which should be deleted?

   

4. What are the types of files that are consuming most of the disk space? Should those file types be blocked from future uploads?

5. Is there a lot of historical versions of the attachments in the space?
   If All versions are >10 times of the Current versions, then the users may be doing excessive versioning.

   

6. Does the purpose or usage of this Confluence space justify to have a quota higher than the default space quota?

Additional References

• How to free up disk space for Confluence