Good read....but.....I wonder how much of that is true with today's versions of software/hardware.
Re the original post, we actually have a whack of files on our SharePoint setup and everything seems to be fine. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:27 PM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote: > Thanks guys,**** > > ** ** > > I found this too: > > http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mikewat/archive/2006/12/09/file-shares-vs-sharepoint.aspx > **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, November 28, 2011 9:15 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Sharepoint as file storage**** > > ** ** > > It's not bad, per se. However, this is a new usage scenario that needs to > be taken into account. Your Sharepoint utilization may not be correctly > sized for this usage pattern, and require additional resources to make it > robust for this usage...**** > > **** > > > > **** > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:06 PM, David Lum <david....@nwea.org> wrote:*** > * > > Last week I found out my director has told her team to put all > files/documents into Sharepoint instead of a network folder – basically > stop using the shared drive and use Sharepoint instead, for ALL MS Office > documents that are to be shared.**** > > **** > > This seems like a bad idea but I cannot articulate why. From a > technological standpoint it seems crazy to store everything into a SQL > database, but from a user standpoint…?**** > > *David Lum* > Systems Engineer // NWEATM > Office 503.548.5229 //* *Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764**** > > **** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
