Re: Problems with users emails
From: DC (DC_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/24/05
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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:21:04 -0800
Our office does have access to an Exchange server, but here's the setup:
- Our office network is connected to a server that is itself connected to a
much larger network. We have exchange servers on this larger network, but it
looks like the default is that each user is set up with a personal folder,
which is located on our office's local server (they're on the office server
as opposed to the individual users' computers so they will be backed up every
night). The individual PC's then access these PST's over the LAN. These
personal folders on the local server are the ones I'm having problems with.
Will breaking the PST's into smaller pieces help with performance?
"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
> DC wrote:
> > Two of my users have very large (one of them is in excess of 1.5 GB)
> > .pst files on the server. Before I came on to work here, the former
> > sysadmin had their personal files saved on our Windows 2000 server
> > since the .pst files contain emails that are used for payroll, etc.
> > However, we recently got them both new laptops (XP laptops on our
> > 2000 network) and they are now constantly having problems with their
> > outlook programs not being able to access the personal folders or
> > taking forever to open.
> >
> > Is this a common problem with oversized .pst files, and if so, will
> > breaking the .pst files into smaller .pst files, or should I just
> > start having their personal folders from outlook be saved on their
> > laptops?
>
> 1. Unless the PST files were created in Outlook 2003 using the new unicode
> format, they are limited to 2GB in size. And problems usually occur far
> earlier - 1.2GB, 1.5GB. And if you can't restore from a good backup, you'll
> lose data if you have to use the crop utility once the file reaches close to
> 2GB.
> 2. Microsoft doesn't support accessing PST files over a LAN/WAN connection:
> you'll have performance problems (which you're seeing now) and you will
> probably eventually have data corruption/loss.
>
> Have you looked into Exchange server? If you are considering upgrading to
> W2003, and have a small network, I suggest SBS2003. It's a very good
> bargain - includes Exchange 2003 Standard. No PST files - everything's
> stored on the server, and remote/laptop users can sync to a local file for
> offline use.
>
>
>
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