Re: Sharepoint as file storage

We ran into several issues when one PHB wanted this: File size limitation. Default size limit is 50mb for SharePoint. This can be modified, but we did not. File type exclusion. There is a laundry list of file types that are prohibited from SP by default. This can be modified, and we did allow som

Re: Sharepoint as file storage

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:16 PM, James Rankin wrote: > Have you ever done a duplicate file find and realised how much redundant > data is stored in old-style file shares? SharePoint's unlikely to fix that. :) -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~

Re: Sharepoint as file storage

*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

Re: Sharepoint as file storage

bject: 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... O

Re: Sharepoint as file storage

Many companies are moving in that direction. For larger installations, obviously there needs to be significant architecture design up front. There are technologies (including some native to SQL) that can move the BLOB storage outside of SQL. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:06 PM, David Lum wrote: >

RE: Sharepoint as file storage

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, p

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en’t on campus to have > access to forms and documents. > > ** ** > > *From:* David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] > *Sent:* Monday, November 28, 2011 12:06 PM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Sharepoint as file storage > > ** ** > > Last week I

Re: Sharepoint as file storage

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:06 PM, David Lum 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 share

Re: Sharepoint as file storage

Personally I think SharePoint is a better idea for serving files. Allows checking in/out, version control, etc. Have you ever done a duplicate file find and realised how much redundant data is stored in old-style file shares? Not to mention inaccurate or out-of-date stuff. Document management of s

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bringing back a single version of a document that gets deleted or messed up by a user. You need to make sure your backup solution does item level restores/backups. From: David Lum [mailto:david@nwea.org] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 12:06 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Sharepoint

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 wro

RE: Sharepoint as file storage

NT System Admin Issues Subject: Sharepoint as file storage 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 sha

Re: Sharepoint as file storage

Dave, I think that is the reason they designed SharepointSQL is pretty powerful and can handle it. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:06 AM, David Lum 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 > s