UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have just been handed two new Suse 7.2 Linux systems to Administer.

We are wanting to setup monitoring of applications, file system space, etc. Are there standard log directories that an experienced Admin would put scripts, log files, documentation, etc. or just put it under the /root Home directory?

We want to standardize this on all future Linux systems that we will be supporting.

Thanks in advance, for any good suggestions from your experiences as Linux Admins.

Check out the current setup on your machine. It should already be pretty close...
In SuSe Linux (I'm not 100% sure though), you should find documentation somewhere like /usr/share/doc... Logs typically go to places on the /var filesystem, like the /var/logs/ directory.
And custom packages commonly go on the /opt filesystem. None of this is set in stone, but it does make migration easier if everything is in standardized places.