Don’t Lose Disk Space in Quickr — Provide the Proper Provisioning and Governance

Matthew Dull, IT Architect and Consultant, Ascendant Technology, LLC


July, 2009

IBM Lotus Quickr gives teams a better way to manage files and organize projects by using tasks, calendars, and announcements. All of these capabilities, however, consume large amounts of disk space. Learn various methods for establishing the provisioning and governance guidelines needed to keep disk space open and eliminate unnecessary data storage.

Imagine this: You’ve spent many long days and nights over the last few weeks putting an IBM Lotus Quickr infrastructure in place. Your IT organization is about to deliver team-based collaboration tools to 5,000 users over the next two months. The pilot release will happen in four weeks and the to-do list is growing.
With so many factors to consider, have you made sure to set up a Quickr environment that maximizes data storage? Have you planned enough disk space for both immediate needs and future growth? How will you handle data retention policies and stale data accumulation?
The proper provisioning and governance in your Quickr environment can help administrators keep disk space free and remove data that is no longer being used. I’ll share my different methods for restricting which users can create Quickr places. I’ll also show you how to implement place-size and place-aging limits.
Before setting your provisioning and governance guidelines, let’s consider some potential ways Quickr might be used in your environment.

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