Standard best practice is to limit the IS to about 45GB in size, and add additional Exchange servers once you're near that limit. This is due to the amount of time it will take to recover a larger IS.
I don't know that MS has any documentation on this. If you'd like, I'm certain my employer would be happy to send out a consultant to write this up for you. Missy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosales, Mario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 3:11 PM Subject: RE: Exchange 5.5. Enterprise Size Limitations (Recommended or Tec hnic al) Thanks for the replies but what I am looking for is documentation to show to mamangement. Is there any type of "Best Practices" or any Limitations due to whatever issues that it would be recommended for an Exchange Mailbox and/or Information store not to get "HUMONGOUS" We are trying to enforce limits but we need some Document/White Paper that would let us know what we recommend as max size for an Information store or a Mailbox to use that as a "Point of Discussion" of why to enfore limits? I know that Exchange Standard is 16 Gig, On Enterprise if it can get to a terrabyte(S) or more? Why would it not be recommended (Have large I/S and mailboxbes) besides Recovery time would be slow? What other points can be brought up that are DOCUMENTED of why not to have such a large information store or Mailboxes? Any help is appreciated! Thanks, Mario -----Original Message----- From: Missy Koslosky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:11 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Re: Exchange 5.5. Enterprise Size Limitations (Recommended or Technic al) Enterprise edition? The limit is measured in TB. http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com: 80/support/kb/articles/Q240/1/52.ASP&NoWebContent=1 documents this ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosales, Mario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:33 PM Subject: Exchange 5.5. Enterprise Size Limitations (Recommended or Technic al) Does anyone know of a Document, whether written by Microsoft or by someone else that states the How big an Exchange Information Store can get(Whether recommended or technical limitation) and what the Limit of a Mailbox Size is (Whether for technical reasons or "Limitations" of tools) If anyone can help out I would appreciate it. This is for Exchange 5.5 Thanks, Mario *************************************************************************** The contents of this communication are intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this communication and notify the sender. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this communication that do not relate to the official business of my company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. *************************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *************************************************************************** The contents of this communication are intended only for the addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this communication and notify the sender. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this communication that do not relate to the official business of my company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. *************************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
