“You want me to delete my files? On purpose?”
Indeed, yes, and it was an odd topic to write about. Disk storage space on network file servers is limited — but ECN’s backup services are incredibly robust. To conserve space, we occasionally instructed faculty and staff to delete older files to which they no longer needed immediate access. My article explained how they should leave a placeholder file with info that could be used later to retrieve their archive data from backups.
First published: August 10, 2009
URL to live article: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECN/Support/KB/Docs/DeletingOnPurpose