Hello everyone!
I am a network/system/whatever administrator for a large architectural firm. We have several departments, but I am basically focused on 2 today.
1. Marketing Department (Lots of 50 MB TIF images, 300 MB Powerpoints, 30 MB Publisher files)
2. CAD Drafters, with lots and lots and lots of DWG’s, TIF’s, and Construction Photos
We have content pouring in from all over, and the collective IQ of our computer users (when it comes to IT) is about 6.
I am losing the battle of server storage free space. They all say the need access to everything, as they may need to refer do a project that is 7 years old, or need to refer to a picture that is 4 years old. Also, pictures that come in are often 5-6 MB in size, which when put into a 100 slide Powerpoint, blows it up over 300 MB.
I just don’t know what to do to fix and later enforce file size limits, folder limits (I know about Win2K3 R2), and how to resize photos prior to uploading them to the server.
I’d love to hear some of your guys’ theories or real world experience in controlling this amount of data.
Thanks!
