Okay, I understand that... like I said, I'm storing the PST on a file server (where we have about 100GB of remaining space). It seems like it's nice and easy to bring things back, so, this is perfect :)
Thanks again, Evan -----Original Message----- From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 5:03 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Archiving folders Well, see, if disk space IS an issue, then auto-archiving to PST is bad, unless you're doing it to a secondary location (IOW, NOT to the Exchange Server). Reason being, when you archive to PST, you lose any Single Instance Storage benefits. Every message gets copied to the PST as if it were unique. SO, if at some point everybody received a 1MB attachment (given 20 users), that 1 message will take 1MB in the DB and 20 MBs in PSTs. As for getting it in and out... either re-import (if you want everything), or drag and drop after opening the PST if you only want select items. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 13:51 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Archiving folders Well, I said it wasn't huge, I didn't say that it wasn't an issue :) I just am not sure I want all of this email actively in my Exchange db, even though I would like the ability to sift through it maybe once a month. Auto-archiving to a PST makes sense. I hadn't looked at that enough to realize that it was going to do what I wanted. I tried it on one folder, and it seems to be doing what I want. The only thing I *don't* like, though is that some folders, for example, Sent Items, are being archived, too. I hadn't checked them, but I guess they're selected by default. I wasn't looking to have that folder done. How easy is it to move messages out of the PST and back into your mailbox? <g>. Again, I'm just starting out with archiving, so excuse my ignorance. Thanks, Evan -----Original Message----- From: Salvador Manzo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 4:25 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Archiving folders Auto-Archive to PST? Client-side function. If your IS size isn't an issue, why do you want to move them? Wouldn't filing them in sub-folders serve the same purpose without the dangers of a file getting lost? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 13:17 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Archiving folders Dumb question for you all, just to make your Friday a bit easier :-) First, let me tell you that our Exchange server isn't huge (8GB) and I don't have experience with archiving. Is there anyway that I can archive certain messages or folders to an offline storage area? I know I can archive whole mailboxes, but my situation is that I have some large folders, some with 60,000+ emails, and I'd like to take, say, the oldest 50,000 and move them out of the Exchange database and into a file that would reside on our file server, where there's lots of space. I don't need these to be readily available, but ideally there would be a way I could use some program (maybe OL itself?) to browse through those messages if need be. We're using Ex 5.5 and OL 2000. I know about programs like Veritas Remote Storage, and while that looks like a nice solution that would do a lot of things, it also costs $3500. Any ideas that may be cheaper? Thanks, Evan 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 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 List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
