I agree - the situation we had here was that limits were never established when Exchange was installed - people will convince themselves they need everything they've ever received if they're given the chance (this applies to file storage, as well). In our case, it was mostly a training issue - once we showed users how to archive, and how to remove large attachments to disk, and how to delete their deleted items folder, they became (with a couple exceptions) quite cooperative.
John > -----Original Message----- > From: Couch, Nate [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:12 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Unlimited Quotas > > > MTC -- > > I would start asking your users why do they need unlimited > space to store > emails? Depending on your quotas/limits I could see where > this might be a > problem if they get large files (CAD drawings, spreadsheets, > powerpoint > presentations, etc.). In that case they should just save the > large files > off to disk and delete the email. If they REALLY, REALLY > need to keep it in > email then have them archive it off to a PST (no grunts from > the gallery > Ed). PST's have their purpose. Just make sure they put it > in a location > where it can be backed up. > > Otherwise I am with you - give them limits - make them > realistic for your > environment - and force them to manage their accounts. Yes > there will be > exceptions (the President of the company, CFO, and other big > wigs), but for > the rest of the org (no matter how big it is) keep your employees on a > leash. If you don't sure shootin the lack of limits will be abused. > > Regards. > > Nate Couch > EDS Messaging > > > ---------- > > From: Sander Van Butzelaar > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, July 5, 2002 08:36 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: Unlimited Quotas > > > > It's mostly a "business" call. Hard drive space is cheap > and there are > > various backup systems that cater for large mail stores. > The admin job > > is to provide your users with the best possible email > system, so if they > > need to go back all the time to old mails you may find > yourself in hot > > water if you put restrictions on. Of coarse money also > plays a role. I > > would let management make the call to go cheap and small or > large and > > expensive, let them live with it as there are benefits to both ways. > > > > Sander > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Liddil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 05 July 2002 03:18 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Unlimited Quotas > > > > > > I am being asked to justify why I have set quotas for users > on our E2K > > server > > with 25 users. Things that come to mind are that if we give users > > unlimited > > stores, we will have to buy more disk space in time. Also we have a > > single > > processor server with 512 ram. So I would make a WAG and > say that we > > will be > > looking at a second processor and more RAM. I am already looking at > > more RAM > > since our server is paging quite a bit. And as we > implement archiving > > and > > journaling this will impact disk space as well as the backup (time, > > number of > > tapes). I also realize that allowing unlimited space leads to users > > never > > managing their e-mail. > > > > So besides these reasons are there any other reasons that I > should be > > thinking about? Thanks. > > > > Jim Liddil > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
