Last January someone posted a query asking about best practices for file storage across the spectrum of applications run on their system. The only reply related to the archival storage of images, but I don't think that was the question and I find myself asking the same one now. Have any of you defined policies for data classification at your institutions? What types of priorities do you give to different types of data? Do you have retention schedules for stored digital files (of any type -- images, office productivity, etc.) How do you partition/allocate your online storage? Do you give people set amounts of "scratch space" to use at their own disgression?
We now have a big old EMC NAS with about 3 TB of space as well as a variety of NAS and attached RAID units that will all be used within a year if we don't start putting limits on what gets parked there, so I'm very interested in real-world experiences in developing policies and managing space. Chuck Patch The Historic New Orleans Collection
