Thanks, that's a good start. You don't happen to know what DPI they are scanning at do you?
On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Oliver Marshall < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, we have a client who recently (about a year ago) went down the same > route, only they shunned Sharepoint as the database may have grown too large > and the backup for flat files was easier for them. > > > > They scan legal related documents, and they are required to scan everything > and keep it for 7 years. Mainly A4, but a growing number of A3 as they move > back in to older documents. > > > > Currently they have 62,000 PDF files, totalling 21GB. Each one named and > sorted in to a sub folder based on age and type of document. > > > > Dont know if that helps. > > > > Olly > > > > *From:* Durf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* 22 October 2008 19:59 > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Paperless Office / Mass Scanning projects - rule of thumb for > storage? > > > > Hey guys - > > > > Anyone ever do a huge paperless office conversion? This will be for a > construction firm, scanning tons and tons of old documents into a Sharepoint > document library. We're just trying to size the storage, and other than > "really really big" I'm not finding I have a good rule of thumb for > estimating how much they need. The Sharepoint developers just shrugged. > > > > Anyone have a good rule of thumb for scanning documents en masse? How to > figure the disk cost per, say, banker's box full of documents or something? > > > > Thanks, > > Durf > > -- > -------------- > Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. > Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! > > > > > > > > > > > -- -------------- Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks! ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
