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:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 9:15 AM 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 usage pattern, and require additional resources to make it robust for this usage... On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:06 PM, David Lum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> 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 shared. This seems like a bad idea but I cannot articulate why. From a technological standpoint it seems crazy to store everything into a SQL database, but from a user standpoint...? David Lum Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229<tel:503.548.5229> // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764<tel:503.267.9764> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
