Re: [cobalt-users] Qube3 file server best practices?

[Malcolm McLeary <mmcleary@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Christopher,

on 12/9/02 5:32 PM, Christopher Kirk wrote:

> I bought a Qube3 mainly to act as a file/web server, but it's not real
> obvious what the best way is to set it up. Of the 40 gigs on the hard drive,
> I want around 30 available for file storage. Do I just throw all of my files
> into \home? Are there any gotchas I should be aware of? I already know, for
> example, not to let Mac users put files on it whose names end with a space
> and have no file extension...

Best practice ... that really depend on your situation.

"home" is the share which will contain the main web site.  I'd limit the
contents of "home" to only material which needs to be available to the web.

I create additional shares (i.e groups) based on information types.
"documents", "finance", "archive", "projects", "staff" etc, etc.

I try to break up my data so that its in manageable chunks which can be
backed up.  Maintain a directory structure and keep numbers of files in a
given directory reasonable.  Having excessive files in a given directory can
create a significant performance hit when the directory is browsed.

I discourage the use of personal shares for the storage of data as these can
be a backup problem due to access controls.

Don't rely on the built-in backup process ... buy a better backup solution.
Personally I use Dantz Retrospect ... either for MacOS or Windows although
v6 Multi Server for Windows now comes with a Linux client so "full" backups
are possible.

Cheers,  Malcolm