Hi,
I got to say: in a university environment the image/fixed data path
works like a charm. The students (clients) will pretty much mess up a
workstation within 3 months. By having a 4BG Ghost image for NT4 and 2k
download in under 10 minutes and then restore networking and data if any
is the most efficient way to operate for us. Have you ever tried to do a
restore from a backup set with 8 DLT members? It's a lot of trips to the
tape drive...
As far as having IT recommend the way to work in a company/university, I
think is the sanest option: Usually you have 1-10 IT guys and 5-600
users. Can you imagine the scenario combinations? Long live server data
storage!
Cheers, Ben
Pam Lefkowitz wrote:
>
> On 3/8/2001 1:07 PM, "Julia Frizzell" wrote:
>
> > Every one of our users is told when they start, and they get frequent
> > reminders, that nothing not in the Documents folder (save their
> > bookmarks) gets backed up. We keep the Documents folder on the
> > desktop so they can get to it easily, and remind them to make aliases
> > instead of putting files/folders on the desktop.
>
> Julia,
>
> Seems to me that this is all a matter of how the IT is structured and who
> has ownership and control over data. If the goal is for IT to design and
> determine how users can and should work, then your setup works fine
> (assuming, of course, that everyone saves everything to the designated
> spot).
>
> If, on the other hand, users work in a way that gives them freedom to be
> comfortable in their work environment (therefore, more productive) then your
> method isn't as effective. I had a client who was determined to have IT own
> the workflow and have all documents, etc. reside on the servers. I
> questioned this logic but I never really got an answer as to how they were
> going to handle it when the their boss lost data because he just couldn't
> figure out how to navigate the servers to save his stuff or because he just
> got back from a 3 week business trip and hadn't had time to move his things
> to the server yet. Frankly, if a missed deadline caused by lost data costs
> the company a $x-million fine then something is wrong in the IT
> structure/workflow/strategy.
>
> Obviously, you can see where my preference for user support lies...strongly.
> I believe that IT is there to *support* our users, not to tell them how to
> best do their job. Therefore, I vote HUGELY in favor of backing up desktops
> as well as servers. One can never be too protected.
>
> Whew, quite a rant that was. Think I'll go out for a walk.
>
> Pam
>
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