Re: Public Folder Limits FAQ?

Thanks,

So when we say "75Gb" we mean TOTAL mail/folder EXCHANGE/SERVER storage in
any event. Rather than say /mailuser or /publicfolder.

Presumably 2Gb is about the "right" max limit for a "mailbox-username" and
persumably 2gb would be (and as intimated) the max for a public folder.

But im still in the dark, are we saying 2Gb for THE PUBLIC folder including
subfolders? Or can each sub-folder be say 2Gb in its own right?

Or do we consider the entire group..........

I mean mailbox-username PLUS(+) public folder must be less than 2Gb for any
given user account (connection).

My reasoning being that there is a "network limit" to each connection in
exchange (connection = user) where folder sizes are cumalitive and in
reality there is no differentiation between syncing a public folder items
and a mailbox-user items; if you see what I mean?


Sorry to be so dumb, but I need to get this right for everything to work.

Sorry if i confused with "personal" and "mailbox-user" I did actually mean
OST and not PST. Which kinda begs the question why Dave struggles with a
1.5Gb OST previewing... presumably its cached isnt it?

I do use a PST folder, which is 2.5Gb and it happily previews, sorts,
searches with no difficulty. Im on a 10yr project in construction where many
emails are ~10mb in size.

I want to move completely to Exchange and OST, hence the questions regarding
limits etc.

As I recall Exchange has a hard limit per mailbox of ~2Gb regardless of the
75Gb uplift! The uplift presumably allows more mailbox-users rather than
larger mailboxes?? And again I believe the 2Gb limit applys to Public
Folders also...... I seem to have gone full circle!?!


"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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As Susan says, the storage limit is 75 GB. However, there are practical
limits based on performance. I have a 1.5 GB public folder that archives
a bunch of e-mails we never use for anything. Performance on that folder
is absolutely horrible - Outlook takes forever to display the contents of
the folder. Forget about sorting or searching. I also have a folder of
about 22 MB containing around 3000 contacts in a custom form. There is no
performance issue on that folder whatsoever.

So depending on what you want to do, you'll have to experiment and see how
you make out. You can always subdivide folder contents, or find a way to
get the items into SQL - maybe with SharePoint.

BTW, my SBS is running on brand new hardware with a dual core and 4 gb
ram - performance of huge public folders is not something you can solve
with hardware.


"Jonathan Davey" <me@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Are there limits to Public Folders? Like the 2gb limit on personal
folders?

Can anyone point me to a good QA resource for public folders.

Thanks

Jonathan





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