In the next 6-8 weeks the Library is moving off our three physical windows servers to one virtual server and two file systems. We will move from owning our own Windows servers to effectively renting space on ICTS servers and file systems. This will cost about the same amount as our current maintenance but is much easier to upgrade and support, and some parts will have full disaster recovery options as well.
Tier One, full disaster recovery within an hour, will include Digital Library, K:, S:
Tier Three, recovery from the tape library which in a big disaster may take 2-7 days, will include Q: drive and stored digital objects areas such as DigitalDevelopment, NZ Gazette and archival copies of MB objects.
Staff need to make sure that business documents are stored in the K: or S: drives and not on Q:. For help on the appropriate place to store files please talk to Carole or Liz.
There are currently 72Gb of files on Q:. This is advanced warning that we intend to delete files over a certain age from Q: before the move as per the Use of Networked Drives SOP.
Please look at tidying up your files in the next couple of weeks.
Thanks, Anne
How old do the files have to be for you to delete them (i.e. what is the "certain age"?)?
We have not decided yet. It depends on how good people are about cleaning up what is there. I am interested in what staff think would be reasonable. There are some directories that may get an exemption. Anne