Where in the filesystem should I store shared data?

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Published on 2010-12-07T10:23:03Z Indexed on 2012/12/20 5:14 UTC
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Where in the unix filesystem is the conventional location to save non-user specific data, for example data shared via nfs or ftp, or backups?

I could obviously create and use any arbitrary folder (such as /home/shared, /data or /var/data), but I'm really wondering if there are any "best" or "common" practice guidelines. The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard doesn't specify a location for shared data.

For backups, I tend to use /var/backups, but as several cronjobs write to it should it really be left for their use?

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