RE: Size of Personal Folders

[David N. Precht]

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OL2002: Error Message Occurs When You Synchronize an OST That Is 1.82 GB in Size (Q306076) OL2000: Unable to Use Your Personal Folder File if it Exceeds the 2 GB Size Limit (Q266709) OL: Oversized PST and OST Crop Tool (Q296088)   Each .pst file can contain 16,384 items. An item is either a folder, message, task, etc. Each folder can contain a maximum of 16,384 items. If you select the option to "Allow upgrade to large tables," each folder can contain up to 65,536 items. The total file size of a .pst cannot exceed 2 Gigabytes (GB). -----Original Message----- From: ONG Liang Bu (CSC) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 07:19 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Size of Personal Folders Hi,   I have been a lurker in this list for the past two yrs.  Have to say this list has save my ass on many occasions.  Recently the file blocking discussions save me from the GONE.SCR, Thanks for the tips.   Just a simple question I will not mind if I do not get an answer.   Anybody knows how big can a personal folder grow?   The reason I asked is my users are growing and I am running out of disk space.  We are due to an upgrading from Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000 at the mid next yr.  At the mean time I am advising the users to temporary pull their mails to the personal folder.  I read it somewhere the personal folder cannot be too large.  In fact anything above 1 G is not advisable. Definitely Microsoft must have a design spec, say .edb file in Ex 5.5 standard is 16 G; so .pst must have a design limitation.  It will not be safe for 1 G, 2 G ... At the moment I am advising them not to have it more than 1G, but to the mid next yr is a long time..   Any points to enlighten on this issue is appreciatd.  One more thing I am trying out Antigen, not bad at all.   Many thanks (sincerely thanks for the many tips for the past 2 yrs) Ong LB Exchange Adminsitrator National Institute of Education Nanyang Technological University Singapore   List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm