- Folder Depth
- Posted by tek-ni-kal-it-tee on November 6th, 2004
I work with a shared drive on a network based server running newer
Windows NT OS with XP for a big business. I would like to know what
is a safe practise in folder depth. By this I mean how many levels of
folders you can go down/into from your main business unit folder
safely. Presently, we have 9 business unit folders on the shared
drive, then a folder for each person within the BU, then his/her
subfolders and finally thier files. Is that concidered 3 or 4 deep? Is
this safe practise? I was once told by an IT guru to limit it to 3
deep. Please advise..
- Posted by why? on November 6th, 2004
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 17:50:09 GMT, tek-ni-kal-it-tee wrote:
Whatever works, makes it easy to find files.
Whatever makes business / operational sense.
Why person division, if it's the same BU then the files are all related
at that level, general or maybe project is the next and only division.
That's 3 folders, count what you said - BU, person and subfolder.
What works for you?
3 is quite likely a good place to stop creating folders. It seems to get
silly after 5, and restoring archives from long paths are a pain.
Me
- Posted by Roy Jones on November 6th, 2004
I second that one...
Five levels is deep enough for any human purpose, if you organize the file
system well. More than that and you can run into problems remembering where
things are, and some applications (for example, EZ CD Creator) will have
difficulty seeking and archiving files with overly long path names.
Roy
- Posted by tek-ni-kal-it-tee on November 7th, 2004
Thank you both for the advice.
Ciao
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:18:57 GMT, Roy Jones <sroyjones@earthlink.net>
wrote:
