Hello all;
	Nice to know I'm not the only meany who deletes data each month after ample warning and posted notices.
	We save our data directly to the equipment's HD, then file transfer to personal computers (institute server is way too small for images). There are some anecdotal secondhand ideas that acquisition is compromised if a remote user accesses the shared data folder (D:/) while someone else is acquiring images (the program and OS are on the C:/ drive). Is there any truth to this?
	Kathy


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From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Daniel James White
Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 2:20 AM
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Subject: I.T. questions

Hi Mike,

Good question.... it gives me chance to vent some of my strong  
opinions on this subject!

1) We have a policy in place: "Data older than one month will be  
deleted from microscope system computers"
This is on a very clear large notice at the microscope that users can  
not ignore.
It is not our responsibility to look after users data.
We have enough to do to keep the scopes running.
We have a computer department to deal with data security and backups.