This sysadmin pilot fish doesn&t put much credence in the stories he hears about the IT manager at his new job — too far-fetched.&He was known for putting the staff in impossible situations,& says fish.
&He would attend planning meetings and agree to criteria that simply couldn&t be met, then tell everyone to just make it happen.
Of course, the consequences were our fault as well.&Then one day fish and his team go to the IT manager to explain the need for more file server capacity.
They have the data showing current capacity, growth over time and the expected date when they&ll hit the wall.IT manager's only response: &No.&So the team goes looking for other options, and identifies files on users& home drives that can be removed to increase capacity without impacting the business.
They bring the new proposal to the IT manager.To read this article in full, please click here