Comments on: It’s Not Too Much Data But Whether You Can Find It

By: Lynette Chandler

Lynette Chandler — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:23:06 +0000

@Miami SEO: Mozy is a great backup solution. I have been using them for 2 years. Since you are already doing backups religiously, I’d say you’re headed in the right direction, backing up to an off-site source.

@Musically me: Maybe so but I’ve always believed you should be able to help yourself when your tools fail

@Jill: not sure sure I follow you although I do agree you don’t always need search tools if you are organized still, it does help to have some search capabilities once in a while especially when you’re like me and the memory isn’t what it used to be

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:22:13 +0000

Adding a search engine to our database seems definitely a great idea. However you don’t need compulsorily a search engine to manage all the info. All you need is a very well organized database.

By: Musically me

Musically me — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:55:58 +0000

heh heh, it’s as if people become less organised through the laziness brought about by our hi-technology.. As though we don’t need to be organised because our tools will do it for us

By: Miami SEO

Miami SEO — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:22:49 +0000

Organization is one of the most quintessential keys to success in the small business (and mid to large size business) world. Our company has had tremendous success utilizing collaboration resources like 37 Signal’s BaseCamp to stay organized and keep client projects streamlined.

Aside from maintaining meticulous file directories and backing up data religiously on external hard drives, we are also exploring online data storage options like Mozy.

Any other recommendations for organized data storage solutions?

By: Lynette Chandler

Lynette Chandler — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:11:55 +0000

@Santa: I only have one 1TB disk throughout the network. Most of my disk sizes are smaller and if they are big I’d partition them however if you add up all the disks in the network they’d add up to several TB’s. I really don’t want to search through each disk either. Same difference

@Lynae: Hi there! I think we all been there at one point or another huh. Yeah, I know of people in my family with everything on the desktop till you can hardly see the desktop and can never find anything they need. They the call me it’s like I know some magic or something.

@Ryan: Hi! I feel your pain! Even though I no longer am in formal school, but I do a lot of learning, meetings and note taking too. That is often a challenge. Recently, I invested in the Livescribe Pulse Pen. Now I’m not saying it is perfect it does have some things that I find quite annoying but on the whole I really like it because I can digitize and search my paper notes. I’m not sure if this is something you can afford or if it is right for you. The 1GB pen starts at $149 and the 2GB is around $199. Overall. I find it more and more useful.

By: Ryan Freed

Ryan Freed — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:52:21 +0000

Lynette,

Exactly, Organization is extremely important to success. I try to be organized in all aspects of my life and have succeeded when it comes to keeping my files for my business in order. However, I am currently in college and have a very hard time organizing my notes and other material. I am thinking of doing everything electronically next semester so I can organize it in folders. What are your suggestions?

By: Lynae Johnson

Lynae Johnson — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:19:13 +0000

Thanks for discussing organization and just how imperative it is to keep important documents in accessible files. I learned the lesson the hard way a year ago; my hard drive crashed. The IT guru was able to retrieve some of my documents but not nearly what I needed. I had been “storing” way too many items on my desktop and now file things readily in folders.

By: odchudzanie

odchudzanie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:55:41 +0000

I must say that Your post is interesting. I’ve never used any search engines on my database, just tried to fill everything in the right gap. The right organization from the beginning is crucial to future work, and here You are right again – one can spend all day looking for an article that could be found within minutes.

By: Santa

Santa — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 08:08:39 +0000

Hi Lynette,
although I am collecting lots of data (christmas wishlists of the kids from all around the world) I don’T go with TB HDs yet. I stick to the smaller ones because they are easier to backup.
Organizing is a big issue – I try to put data that doesn’t change on sepaate disks. Photos and videos have their own drives and they are not really defragmented what keeps access and read times on the low end.
Data files like email, spreadsheets and documents are on an other one which is well organized (folder structures). Operating system is residing on a smaller drive of its own.