Naming standards. A phrase that strikes terror in the heart of any sysadmin... Usually, because any standard you make is pretty much outdated the moment you try to use it.
I've seen directories set up for users, groups, departments, topics, application, and all the above. Remember to include security in your decision. Maybe you don't want everyone to have access to the payroll department records, but everyone should have access to things like W-4 form blanks, Timecard blanks, etc. Make some directories private and some public. You can also use this as a basis for backups. Everything on the file server is backed up by IT. Anything else is the user's responsibility. It's mostly tied to your organization structure and business process. Whatever you decide, remember that there are always exceptions to the organization, and so needs to be a guideline and not a requirement. --- Sue Stromquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a Friday conundrum for my learned friends: > > We have a peer to peer network but as we get more sophisticated, are > sharing more and more data so I am taking an old CPU and making it a > "storage box". Now I am supposed to come up with naming standards for > these files. Which of course I can do today because it's not very hard > and I don't have anything else to think about today. Any ideas? Happy > Friday! > > Sue > > Sue Stromquist > Administrative Assistant > Duluth Area Family Services Collaborative > 310 North First Avenue West > Duluth, MN 55806 > (218) 723-3594 > (218 723-3518 (fax) > > ___________________________________ > Nonprofit_tech_talk mailing list is a service of MAP for Nonprofits > with partial funding support from the Greater Twin Cities United Way > and Tech Foundation. Opinions expressed on this list are those of the > individual author and not necessarily the opinion of MAP or the United > Way. > > Nonprofit_tech_talk mailing list > To post, send an email message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To change your options (including to unsubscribe), go to: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/nonprofit_tech_talk ===== --- Wayne Johnson, | There are two kinds of people: Those 3943 Penn Ave. N. | who say to God, "Thy will be done," Minneapolis, MN 55412-1908 | and those to whom God says, "All right, (612) 522-7003 | then, have it your way." --C.S. Lewis __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ___________________________________ Nonprofit_tech_talk mailing list is a service of MAP for Nonprofits with partial funding support from the Greater Twin Cities United Way and Tech Foundation. Opinions expressed on this list are those of the individual author and not necessarily the opinion of MAP or the United Way. Nonprofit_tech_talk mailing list To post, send an email message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To change your options (including to unsubscribe), go to: http://www.communityforum.net/mailman/listinfo/nonprofit_tech_talk
