I have a problem with a common drive on a file server that is getting close to maximum capacity. Most users access the files on this drive, and some of the departments in the organization use this drive exclusively for their data and other storage.
I would like to organize a cleanup of the data on this drive. As an IT contractor, I have no idea about what is valuable and what is not. From speaking to one of the managers, it seems that a lot of the data is redundant. This drive contains data and a few programs. I don’t want to spread it over more than one drive, as the other drives have dedicated tasks – applications, email etc.
I’m looking for suggestions about how to arrange this. How can I ask managers (or users?) to clean up theirdata, without making myself appear heavy handed? Are there some guidelines I can give them about what is useful/necessary to keep? Should the call to clean up come from me directly, or would it be best to come from the various department heads?