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Improve feedback for full storage

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#3,471 opened on Feb 13, 2017

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Description

  • set up a files external mount point that should be used by all users
  • set quota to 0 (so that they only can upload to the mount points)

It would now be nice to not show the warning Your storage is full, files can not be updated or synced anymore! if there are mount points specified (or show it less invasive).

@nextcloud/designers Ideas? Maybe something like we use in the read only shares, which is not that invasive:

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Research direction
Investigate the current storage warning logic in the Nextcloud frontend and backend. Look for how mount points affect quota and modify the warning message or its display condition.
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