Only applies to PST files. > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Heywood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 8:33 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: One Folder (was Unlimited Quotas) > > I mentioned this before, but I am pretty sure there is a limit on the each > folder of around 16k messages and 2gb (or 1.8)? Pretty sure about the > messages, and fairly sure about the folder size. > > Cheers > Greg > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Grafton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 09 July 2002 14:25 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: One Folder (was Unlimited Quotas) > > James I guess it depends on your situation as well as best practices. > > I've noticed no particular performance degredation with people having > 10000+ > messages in their inbox, or another folder [a là my Exchange List Archive > folder...] when they are running on a fast (LAN/10Mbit+) link. > > Users connecting via slow links (<=128Kbit) wait for large folders to > appear > in Outlook, and it can be unfeasible for them to stack too many messages > into one folder. Obviously, attachments are a problem in this situation. > > Same rule but with lower numbers goes for items in the normal file system > when viewed over slow links. > > Presumably if I got enough users on the end of a 10 or 100Mbit link to the > server the performance would degrade if they all have mailboxes with large > numbers of items or regularly move big attachments to and from the server. > > I keep attachments out of individuals mailboxes if possible because with > our > policies they a) they are not available to others and b) we would hit the > 16Gb limit on the mail store in Ex2K std. version PDQ. > > One reason for us setting a low(ish) limit on mailbox sizes to to > encourage > people to shift mails into public places, or act upon them and file them > for > reference. > > Some of our other sites use the public folder store as a file system with > no > significant performance degradation outside the increased traffic to and > from the server, and the obvious requirement for an Enterprise edition of > Exchange and increased disk space. Our servers are pretty capable for the > users we have - if you were running a PII 233 with 256Mb of RAM it would > obviously croak under any kind of load and you'd have to set some more > facist policies. > > An OWA front end server seems to read the messages on a per-page basis > from > the back end server which that user is hosted on. Thus if your front > server > is separated from the back end by a slow link, the performance hit with > folders which have large numbers of messages does not appear as great to > be > as great as when using the full Outlook client over a slow link. > > All the best, > > Andy > > Creuna Danmark A/S > Snaregade 10 > 1205 København K > Denmark > > Tel : +45 22 68 58 23 > Fax : +45 70 20 72 42 > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Liddil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 9. juli 2002 14:10 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: One Folder (was Unlimited Quotas) > > > > > > OK now that that has been beaten to death, I now want to try > > and understand the aspects that effect performance (or > > perceived performance) for users. So the policy will be set > > at a certain large number for storage. Now will exchange run > > better if users use folders or does it not matter and I > > should just let them use the inbox for everything? And along > > those same lines is keeping all their attachments in exchange > > a bad thing from a performance standpoint. Again I only want > > to consider this from the view point of performance and what > > is "best" to keep exchange running well. If using only an > > inbox has a negative impact then and only then is it > > justified to spend money for training on the use of folders. > > Never mind making folks more productive (the one box vs. a > > well organized file cabinet). > > > > 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] > > > ************************************************************************** > ***************** > Please note that neither International Power plc nor the sender accepts > any > responsibility for any viruses that may be contained in this e-mail or its > attachments. 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