a system and method for managing an electronic storage volume is described . the method includes assigning a threshold to a constrained storage space to define a first state in which an amount of data stored in the constrained storage space exceeds the threshold and a second state in which the amount of data stored in the confined storage space does not exceed the threshold . the method also includes comparing the amount of data to be stored in the constrained storage space and the threshold , and performing a predefined action if the comparison indicates that the amount data to be in the confined storage space would cause a transition between the first state and the second state .