I have no idea how much data we had 5 years ago, but that's when we implemented two EMC CX700s. We've since added a CX4-960 and have allocated over 55TB of space.
- Sean On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Maglinger, Paul <[email protected]>wrote: > 10 years ago we had 1T of data, now we have 18T (and planning to upgrade > our storage next year). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Holstrom, Don [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 11:19 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: document sprawl > > Me too. When I arrived here eight years ago, we had 32 gigs of data. Now we > have over 2 TBs... > > Just buy larger servers... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Wimberly [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 12:17 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: document sprawl > > I have attempted to tackle this issue before, I like to call it "encourage > spring cleaning!" but my words always seem to fall on deaf ears. > > Lately every time I bring it up we end up buying more hard drives for the > server! I give up. Maybe I'm just too cheap? > > > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Jeff Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > In regards to email, we were able to establish a retention policy that > > messages in the Inbox, Sent Items, and Deleted Items folders are all > > deleted after 90 days. Exchange mailbox manager allowed to do that > > weekly. Don't manage other folders. Not perfect, but it helped. > > > > On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Don Guyer <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I'd be interested in a solution to this. Been fighting it for years > >> to no avail, other than running a "data inventory" program (such as > >> TreeSize) and doing a manual compare. > >> > >> > >> > >> Don't forget all of the email attachments saved along with the > >> original email. > >> > >> > >> > >> J > >> > >> > >> > >> Don Guyer > >> > >> Systems Engineer - Information Services > >> > >> Prudential, Fox & Roach/Trident Group > >> > >> 431 W. Lancaster Avenue > >> > >> Devon, PA 19333 > >> > >> Direct: (610) 993-3299 > >> > >> Fax: (610) 650-5306 > >> > >> [email protected] > >> > >> > >> > >> From: S Powell [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 11:17 AM > >> To: NT System Admin Issues > >> Subject: document sprawl > >> > >> > >> > >> Hello Everybody </Dr. Nick> > >> > >> > >> > >> I'd like to pick your brains about how you deal with document sprawl, > >> I was reading in another thread about how users would use their > >> "Recycle Bin" as their archive. <shudder> > >> > >> we have users that will keep tens of copies of the same document in > >> various locations around their "My Documents"; as well as in tens of > >> locations within our "shared" folders on the network ... > >> > >> > >> > >> User education only goes so far when it comes to "please don't do > >> that" as they nod and then keep doing it. > >> > >> I think we've moved beyond being nice and we've found ourselves > >> > >> mired in needing a sledgehammer. I'd just like to wrap it in a bit > >> of velvet. > >> > >> > >> > >> Thoughts, Policies, procedures etc, would be helpful in this. > >> > >> > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> > >> > >> ./s > >> Google.com Learn it. Live it. 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