Chris, Granted... They aren't the most secure solution in that regard... I guess it is more that they are prone or corruption, and have a finite limit which users then don't find out about until they go OVER that limit (they they are stuffed!). ;)
themolk. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Scharff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 9 January 2004 12:03 PM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 backups > > Takes about 6 seconds to strip a password from a PST file > which renders them laughably insecure rather than useless. ;) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Molkentin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Posted > At: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:56 PM Posted To: swynk > Conversation: Exchange 2003 backups > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 backups > > PST's can have passwords put on them by users, and users > forget them (rendering them useless). > > PST's do not synchronise (using WinXP's offline files > feature), and so can be forgotten or left behind, or worse, corrupted. > > I think that we almost have an FAQ for why PST=bad from this > list, don't we? > > Certainly GuruEd (the MVP Slut) has raved against them previously. ;) > > themolk. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Moir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, 9 January 2004 9:40 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 backups > > > > If my users needed to access mail that was older than 2 years I'd > > design an Exchange setup that gave them the space they > needed to store > > this stuff. > > > > PSTs are unreliable > > PSTs are expensive (e.g. cost of supporting them, disk and > backup tape > > space as they break SIS) I think this is all covered in the > FAQs, if > > not, certainly the archives. > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Matthew Joyce > > Sent: Thu 08/01/2004 23:35 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 backups > > > > > > > > This seems to be a popular axiom, buy why are they considered bad ? > > > > How else can I give users access to email from 2 years ago ? > > yes, they do need to access these. > > > > What do other organisations do ? > > > > Matt > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve > > > Molkentin > > > Sent: Friday, 9 January 2004 10:30 AM > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > Subject: RE: Exchange 2003 backups > > > > > > > > > PST = Bad. > > > > > > themolk. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Matthew Joyce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Friday, 9 January 2004 9:21 AM > > > > To: Exchange Discussions > > > > Subject: Exchange 2003 backups > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have just moved from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2003. > > > > It is a single server setup. > > > > > > > > I used to use BackupExec+Exchange agent to backup to a DLT. > > > The stores > > > > and the individual mailboxes were backed up daily and > > every week I > > > > would stop the services and do a full backup. > > > > > > > > Before I rush out an pay Veritas for the license upgrade, > > I thought > > > > I would revue the situation. > > > > > > > > Some background info... > > > > The server has 100gb of raid5 diskspace. > > > > There is about 125 mailboxes, I expect this to continue > > to rise to > > > > 250 over the next few years. > > > > Mailbox sizes used to be about 70mb on 5.5, this has been > > increased > > > > to 100mb. > > > > > > > > Some staff do need access to archived mail, and they use > > pst files > > > > on the server. > > > > > > > > > > > > At the moment I do not have a well defined backup > policy for this > > > > setup, I am using ntbackup for stores and state nightly. > > > > > > > > Any advice ? 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