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I have ~30,000 users who's home drives we're going to migrate to a central

location? I'm trying to determine how best to layout these folders.

 

Ideally I would like to simply use \\server\share\%username%, but that would

create a folder with 30,000 folders in it. That seems like it would be hard

to manage, and might not be a good idea.

 

Other idea's I've had is to do \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username% but

that makes scripting a little tougher.

 

Any other ideas?

 

Steve

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    Well with 30,000 users I can't see how you can get away from having to

    creaate 30,000 user folders. Your first suggestion will work. Just create a

    script that edits their profile to point to \\servername\users\%username%

     

    "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in message

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    >I have ~30,000 users who's home drives we're going to migrate to a central

    > location? I'm trying to determine how best to layout these folders.

    >

    > Ideally I would like to simply use \\server\share\%username%, but that

    > would

    > create a folder with 30,000 folders in it. That seems like it would be

    > hard

    > to manage, and might not be a good idea.

    >

    > Other idea's I've had is to do \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username%

    > but

    > that makes scripting a little tougher.

    >

    > Any other ideas?

    >

    > Steve

    >

    >

    >

    >

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    I'm not worried about creating 30,000 folders. I'm worried about creating

    30,000 folders in one parent folder. When I go to \\server\share there's

    going to be 30,000 folders to wade through.

     

     

    "SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message

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    > Well with 30,000 users I can't see how you can get away from having to

    > creaate 30,000 user folders. Your first suggestion will work. Just create

    > a script that edits their profile to point to

    > \\servername\users\%username%

    >

    > "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in message

    > news:O%233Ab7avHHA.4516@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    >>I have ~30,000 users who's home drives we're going to migrate to a central

    >> location? I'm trying to determine how best to layout these folders.

    >>

    >> Ideally I would like to simply use \\server\share\%username%, but that

    >> would

    >> create a folder with 30,000 folders in it. That seems like it would be

    >> hard

    >> to manage, and might not be a good idea.

    >>

    >> Other idea's I've had is to do \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username%

    >> but

    >> that makes scripting a little tougher.

    >>

    >> Any other ideas?

    >>

    >> Steve

    >>

    >>

    >>

    >>

    >

    >

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    I'm confused on what exactly you're asking. These are user home folders

    correct? So every user will need their own home folder. What's the

    difference between

     

    \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username% and \\server\share\%username%

     

    Either way it is still 30,000 folders.

     

    "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in message

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    > I'm not worried about creating 30,000 folders. I'm worried about creating

    > 30,000 folders in one parent folder. When I go to \\server\share there's

    > going to be 30,000 folders to wade through.

    >

    >

    > "SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message

    > news:uz$bL%23avHHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

    >> Well with 30,000 users I can't see how you can get away from having to

    >> creaate 30,000 user folders. Your first suggestion will work. Just create

    >> a script that edits their profile to point to

    >> \\servername\users\%username%

    >>

    >> "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in message

    >> news:O%233Ab7avHHA.4516@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    >>>I have ~30,000 users who's home drives we're going to migrate to a

    >>>central

    >>> location? I'm trying to determine how best to layout these folders.

    >>>

    >>> Ideally I would like to simply use \\server\share\%username%, but that

    >>> would

    >>> create a folder with 30,000 folders in it. That seems like it would be

    >>> hard

    >>> to manage, and might not be a good idea.

    >>>

    >>> Other idea's I've had is to do \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username%

    >>> but

    >>> that makes scripting a little tougher.

    >>>

    >>> Any other ideas?

    >>>

    >>> Steve

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>

    >>

    >

    >

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    Yes but with the firstInitial example:

     

    \\server\share\ has 26 sub-folders

    \\server\share\a has ~1500 sub-folders

    \\server\share\b has ~1500 sub-folders

    \\server\share\q has ~10 sub-folders -)

     

     

    Should I not be concerend that an admin that navigates to \\server\share

    will get back 30,000 folders? I'm assuming explorer would barf at that.

     

     

    "SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message

    news:e4N1DSbvHHA.2352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

    > I'm confused on what exactly you're asking. These are user home folders

    > correct? So every user will need their own home folder. What's the

    > difference between

    >

    > \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username% and \\server\share\%username%

    >

    > Either way it is still 30,000 folders.

    >

    > "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in message

    > news:%23I5FdGbvHHA.4332@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    >> I'm not worried about creating 30,000 folders. I'm worried about

    >> creating 30,000 folders in one parent folder. When I go to

    >> \\server\share there's going to be 30,000 folders to wade through.

    >>

    >>

    >> "SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message

    >> news:uz$bL%23avHHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

    >>> Well with 30,000 users I can't see how you can get away from having to

    >>> creaate 30,000 user folders. Your first suggestion will work. Just

    >>> create a script that edits their profile to point to

    >>> \\servername\users\%username%

    >>>

    >>> "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in message

    >>> news:O%233Ab7avHHA.4516@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    >>>>I have ~30,000 users who's home drives we're going to migrate to a

    >>>>central

    >>>> location? I'm trying to determine how best to layout these folders.

    >>>>

    >>>> Ideally I would like to simply use \\server\share\%username%, but that

    >>>> would

    >>>> create a folder with 30,000 folders in it. That seems like it would be

    >>>> hard

    >>>> to manage, and might not be a good idea.

    >>>>

    >>>> Other idea's I've had is to do \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username%

    >>>> but

    >>>> that makes scripting a little tougher.

    >>>>

    >>>> Any other ideas?

    >>>>

    >>>> Steve

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>

    >>

    >

    >

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    OK now I see what you're talking about. I agree about the bark part. It

    will mostly likely freeze Explorer. You have quite some cleanup ahead of

    you. that said I do now like your first suggestion using first initial. But

    I would take it one level higher.

     

    \\server\shareA\%username%

    \\server\shareB\%username%

     

     

    "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in message

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    > Yes but with the firstInitial example:

    >

    > \\server\share\ has 26 sub-folders

    > \\server\share\a has ~1500 sub-folders

    > \\server\share\b has ~1500 sub-folders

    > \\server\share\q has ~10 sub-folders -)

    >

    >

    > Should I not be concerend that an admin that navigates to \\server\share

    > will get back 30,000 folders? I'm assuming explorer would barf at that.

    >

    >

    > "SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message

    > news:e4N1DSbvHHA.2352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

    >> I'm confused on what exactly you're asking. These are user home folders

    >> correct? So every user will need their own home folder. What's the

    >> difference between

    >>

    >> \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username% and \\server\share\%username%

    >>

    >> Either way it is still 30,000 folders.

    >>

    >> "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in message

    >> news:%23I5FdGbvHHA.4332@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    >>> I'm not worried about creating 30,000 folders. I'm worried about

    >>> creating 30,000 folders in one parent folder. When I go to

    >>> \\server\share there's going to be 30,000 folders to wade through.

    >>>

    >>>

    >>> "SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message

    >>> news:uz$bL%23avHHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

    >>>> Well with 30,000 users I can't see how you can get away from having to

    >>>> creaate 30,000 user folders. Your first suggestion will work. Just

    >>>> create a script that edits their profile to point to

    >>>> \\servername\users\%username%

    >>>>

    >>>> "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in

    >>>> message news:O%233Ab7avHHA.4516@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    >>>>>I have ~30,000 users who's home drives we're going to migrate to a

    >>>>>central

    >>>>> location? I'm trying to determine how best to layout these folders.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Ideally I would like to simply use \\server\share\%username%, but that

    >>>>> would

    >>>>> create a folder with 30,000 folders in it. That seems like it would

    >>>>> be hard

    >>>>> to manage, and might not be a good idea.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Other idea's I've had is to do

    >>>>> \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username% but

    >>>>> that makes scripting a little tougher.

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Any other ideas?

    >>>>>

    >>>>> Steve

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>

    >>

    >

    >

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    Why? What's the added value of creating 26 additional shares?

     

     

    "SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message

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    > OK now I see what you're talking about. I agree about the bark part. It

    > will mostly likely freeze Explorer. You have quite some cleanup ahead of

    > you. that said I do now like your first suggestion using first initial.

    > But I would take it one level higher.

    >

    > \\server\shareA\%username%

    > \\server\shareB\%username%

    >

    >

    > "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in message

    > news:uWaMRMcvHHA.1104@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    >> Yes but with the firstInitial example:

    >>

    >> \\server\share\ has 26 sub-folders

    >> \\server\share\a has ~1500 sub-folders

    >> \\server\share\b has ~1500 sub-folders

    >> \\server\share\q has ~10 sub-folders -)

    >>

    >>

    >> Should I not be concerend that an admin that navigates to \\server\share

    >> will get back 30,000 folders? I'm assuming explorer would barf at that.

    >>

    >>

    >> "SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message

    >> news:e4N1DSbvHHA.2352@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

    >>> I'm confused on what exactly you're asking. These are user home folders

    >>> correct? So every user will need their own home folder. What's the

    >>> difference between

    >>>

    >>> \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username% and \\server\share\%username%

    >>>

    >>> Either way it is still 30,000 folders.

    >>>

    >>> "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in message

    >>> news:%23I5FdGbvHHA.4332@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    >>>> I'm not worried about creating 30,000 folders. I'm worried about

    >>>> creating 30,000 folders in one parent folder. When I go to

    >>>> \\server\share there's going to be 30,000 folders to wade through.

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>> "SBS Rocker" <noreply@NoDomain.com> wrote in message

    >>>> news:uz$bL%23avHHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

    >>>>> Well with 30,000 users I can't see how you can get away from having to

    >>>>> creaate 30,000 user folders. Your first suggestion will work. Just

    >>>>> create a script that edits their profile to point to

    >>>>> \\servername\users\%username%

    >>>>>

    >>>>> "-Steve-" <nntp@dosomethingwiththis.miisconsultant.com> wrote in

    >>>>> message news:O%233Ab7avHHA.4516@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

    >>>>>>I have ~30,000 users who's home drives we're going to migrate to a

    >>>>>>central

    >>>>>> location? I'm trying to determine how best to layout these folders.

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Ideally I would like to simply use \\server\share\%username%, but

    >>>>>> that would

    >>>>>> create a folder with 30,000 folders in it. That seems like it would

    >>>>>> be hard

    >>>>>> to manage, and might not be a good idea.

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Other idea's I've had is to do

    >>>>>> \\server\share\%firstInitial%\%username% but

    >>>>>> that makes scripting a little tougher.

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Any other ideas?

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>> Steve

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>>

    >>>>

    >>>>

    >>>

    >>>

    >>

    >>

    >

    >

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