Here is some documentation:
Overview: http://prezi.com/nqm6g-grqniq/cornell-university-library-drupal-setups/
Scripts & README.txt: https://svn.library.cornell.edu/cul-drupal/drupal_6/scripts
Migrate module: http://drupal.org/project/backup_migrate
Drush: http://drupal.org/project/drush
Drush Make: http://drupal.org/project/drush_make
What is below here is obsolete. We're on a different server now with a different organization and workflow.
This describes the organization of the Drupal sites DLIT has on our test server.
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