[I.T. Rant] Save docs and proj on the server not the local computer
03-04-2008, 05:25 PM
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[I.T. Rant] Save docs and proj on the server not the local computer
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We've told and told our users to save their files on their individual drive space on the server (folder = first initial & lastname), and NOT in My Documents (user profile) on the local workstation. We've shown them how, step by step. Yet, I still get angry users p!ssing and moaning about losing all their documents and projects when their drive crashes... because guess where they saved them? Is there no end to the ignorance?
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We've told and told our users to save their files on their individual drive space on the server (folder = first initial & lastname), and NOT in My Documents (user profile) on the local workstation. We've shown them how, step by step. Yet, I still get angry users p!ssing and moaning about losing all their documents and projects when their drive crashes... because guess where they saved them? Is there no end to the ignorance?
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03-04-2008, 06:02 PM
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Well, I've never had a hard drive fail but our server goes down all the time. When that happens we have 1300 employees not working. If we saved some files to our hard drives, at least some of us could be working!
03-04-2008, 09:03 PM
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To paraphrase
Negative Ghostrider, the pattern is NOT full.
I've been at the same company with a lot of the same users for almost 7 years now, still have to remind them to save their important stuff on their home drive.
Negative Ghostrider, the pattern is NOT full.
I've been at the same company with a lot of the same users for almost 7 years now, still have to remind them to save their important stuff on their home drive.
03-05-2008, 06:40 AM
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03-05-2008, 08:15 AM
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LOAD [User Rant]: Why should I trust saving my important files on a server when these crash more often than the individual work stations? No thanks, I daily back up my important work files on a usb key. At least I can keep on working instead of waiting for the server to come back up! EXIT [PROGRAM]
03-05-2008, 09:57 AM
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LOAD [User Rant]: Why should I trust saving my important files on a server when these crash more often than the individual work stations? No thanks, I daily back up my important work files on a usb key. At least I can keep on working instead of waiting for the server to come back up! EXIT [PROGRAM]
If servers are crashing a lot, they are not properly configured.
But that's just my 20 years experience in systems development talking
03-05-2008, 10:04 AM
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Sorry I should've qualified my statement by adding: In my workplace, we have a 3rd party do our IT support. Our main contacts are in company, but at best call it part time support in addition to their core duties.
